polling

Pluralpollings

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The act of asking many people what they think about something.

   Like asking everyone in class which game they want to play, then counting the answers.

   The campaign relied on weekly polling to track public opinion.

   Polling on the new park showed strong support among families.

   Similarsurveying, canvassing

2. 2
   noununcountable

   The act of casting votes during an election.

   Like everyone in a club lining up to drop a vote in a box to pick a leader.

   Polling began at seven in the morning and continued until dark.

   Heavy rain slowed polling in the rural towns.

   Similarvoting

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3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A way for a computer to keep checking a device to see if it has new data to send.

   Like a child asking "Are we there yet?" over and over on a trip.

   The microcontroller uses polling to check the sensor every millisecond.

   Polling wastes power when the device almost never has data ready.

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4. 4
   verb

   Present participle of poll. Use this form when the action is happening right now.

   They are polling voters before the debate tonight.

   The agency is polling households across the state this week.

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