polls

We have found lemma(root) word of polls : poll.

Definitions


[pəʊl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the process of voting in an election
(e.g: the country went to the polls on March 10)

- a person's head

- a hornless animal, especially one of a breed of hornless cattle


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘head’): perhaps of Low German origin. The original sense was ‘head’, and hence ‘an individual person among a number’, from which developed the sense ‘number of people ascertained by counting of heads’ and then ‘counting of heads or of votes’ (17th century)


[pəʊl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- record the opinion or vote of
(e.g: over half of those polled do not believe the prime minister usually tells the truth)

- check the status of (a device), especially as part of a repeated cycle
(e.g: the network manager can also use the software to poll each Mac on the net)

- cut the horns off (an animal, especially a young cow)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘head’): perhaps of Low German origin. The original sense was ‘head’, and hence ‘an individual person among a number’, from which developed the sense ‘number of people ascertained by counting of heads’ and then ‘counting of heads or of votes’ (17th century)




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