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
- verb To go around asking people for their opinions, support, or votes.
- verb To examine or discuss something thoroughly.
- noun The act of canvassing, or a survey conducted this way.
poll — full definition
- noun A survey that asks people questions to gauge public opinion.
- noun A formal vote, or the place where voting happens.
- verb To ask a group of people for their opinions or votes, or to record such results.