{
    "term": "poll",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the process of questioning people who are representative of a larger group in order to get information about the general opinion",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **carry out/conduct** a poll"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A recent poll suggests some surprising changes in public opinion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A nationwide poll revealed different food preferences in the North and the South."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The poll asked voters what was the most important moral issue that affected their vote."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nelson has a clear lead in the opinion polls."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Only 22 per cent of poll respondents say they have a positive opinion of him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The latest tracking poll shows the Democrats leading by four percentage points."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president's poll numbers are sinking fast in the West."
                },
                {
                    "text": "poll data on consumer attitudes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the results generated by the poll question"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "survey",
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["local", "national", "nationwide"],
                "verb + poll": ["carry out", "conduct", "do"],
                "poll + verb": [
                    "confirm something",
                    "find something",
                    "indicate something"
                ],
                "poll + noun": ["numbers", "rating", "results"],
                "preposition": ["in the polls"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be ahead in the polls",
                    "be behind in the polls",
                    "a lead in the polls"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the process of voting at an election; the process of counting the votes",
            "sensetop": "at the polls",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The final result of the poll will be known tomorrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thursday is traditionally the day when Britain **goes to the polls** *(= when elections are held)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Polls close *(= voting ends)* at 9 p.m."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their defeat at the polls came as a big shock.",
                    "contextForm": "at the polls"
                },
                {
                    "text": "success in the polls"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party is leading in the polls."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Counting will begin as soon as the polls close."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Clearer policies might have widened our lead in the polls."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["presidential"],
                "verb + poll": ["go to"],
                "poll + verb": ["open", "close"],
                "preposition": ["at the polls"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the number of votes given in an election",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Labour is ahead in the poll."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They gained 20 per cent of the poll."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "ballot"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəʊl/",
                "audio": "po/poll/poll__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəʊl/",
                "audio": "po/poll/poll__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘head’): perhaps of Low German origin. The original sense was ‘head’, and hence ‘an individual person among a number’, which led to the sense ‘number of people ascertained by counting of heads’ and then ‘counting of heads or of votes’ (17th cent.)."
}