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encuesta — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • canvass verb To go around asking people for their opinions, support, or votes.
  • poll noun A survey that asks people questions to gauge public opinion.
  • questionnaire noun A written set of questions used to collect information from people, often for research or feedback.
  • survey noun A set of questions used to gather information or opinions from a group of people.

Senses

encuesta is used for these senses in English:

  • canvass (countable) A seeking or solicitation of donations, information, opinions, support, etc.
  • exit poll A poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station, used to predict the outcome of an election.
  • poll (in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
  • poll To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.
  • questionnaire A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey.
  • straw poll (idiomatic) A survey of opinion or a vote that is nonbinding, unofficial, casual, or ad hoc.
  • survey The act of surveying; a general view.
  • survey A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of a particular group of items, in order to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality.

canvass — full definition

  1. verb To go around asking people for their opinions, support, or votes.
  2. verb To examine or discuss something thoroughly.
  3. noun The act of canvassing, or a survey conducted this way.

poll — full definition

  1. noun A survey that asks people questions to gauge public opinion.
  2. noun A formal vote, or the place where voting happens.
  3. verb To ask a group of people for their opinions or votes, or to record such results.

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