canvass
to survey public opinion
TRANSLATION
canvass = prüfen, befragen canvass = (Politik) einen Wahlkreis bearbeiten --- GOOGLE INDEX canvass: approximately 6,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
To track inflation, each month the Bureau of Labor Statistics CANVASSES businesses and records the price of, say, a 4.4-pound bag of golden delicious apples, among hundreds of other items.
(BusinessWeek magazine)
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Residents in parts of the US state of Oregon are to cast their votes by iPad during a special election on Tuesday. As voting gets under way on Tuesday, election workers will CANVASS the five Oregon counties bearing iPads and portable printers, stopping at parks, community centres and nursing homes.
(BBC News)
(BusinessWeek magazine)
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Residents in parts of the US state of Oregon are to cast their votes by iPad during a special election on Tuesday. As voting gets under way on Tuesday, election workers will CANVASS the five Oregon counties bearing iPads and portable printers, stopping at parks, community centres and nursing homes.
(BBC News)
Did you
know?
canvass
verb
- to conduct a survey of (public opinion)
- to examine carefully or discuss thoroughly
- to go through (a region) or go to (persons) to solicit votes or orders
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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ORIGIN
Early 16th century (in the sense ‘toss in a canvas sheet’ (as a sport or punishment)): from canvas. Later extended senses include ‘criticize, discuss’ (mid 16th century) and ‘propose for discussion’; hence ‘seek support for’.
The material canvas is a heavy, coarse, closely woven fabric of cotton, hemp, or flax used for making tents and sails.
Canvas (with one "S") is from the Anglo-French canevaz (Old French canevas) and ultimately from the Latin canna pace us and Greek kannabis, which refers to something made of hemp. The modern English cannabis originated from these sources as well.
Since only an extra "s" separates "canvass" and "canvas," both words are easily and frequently misspelled.
Other commonly misspelled words to watch out for include:
- accommodate (two "Cs" and two "Ms"), commonly misspelled as accomodate
- basically (ends with -ally), commonly misspelled as basicly
- Caribbean (one "R" and two "Bs"), commonly misspelled as Carribean
- embarrass (two "Rs" and two "Ss"), commonly misspelled as embarass
- humorous/glamorous (-mor in the middle), commonly misspelled as humourous/glamourous
- tomorrow (one "M" and two "Rs"), commonly misspelled as tommorrow
(source: Oxford English Dictionary)
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SYNONYMS
check, examine, inspect, investigate, poll, scrutinise, solicit, survey
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"The employees should be canvassed on a regular basis to get their opinion and feedback."
verb
- to conduct a survey of (public opinion)
- to examine carefully or discuss thoroughly
- to go through (a region) or go to (persons) to solicit votes or orders
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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ORIGIN
Early 16th century (in the sense ‘toss in a canvas sheet’ (as a sport or punishment)): from canvas. Later extended senses include ‘criticize, discuss’ (mid 16th century) and ‘propose for discussion’; hence ‘seek support for’.
The material canvas is a heavy, coarse, closely woven fabric of cotton, hemp, or flax used for making tents and sails.
Canvas (with one "S") is from the Anglo-French canevaz (Old French canevas) and ultimately from the Latin canna pace us and Greek kannabis, which refers to something made of hemp. The modern English cannabis originated from these sources as well.
Since only an extra "s" separates "canvass" and "canvas," both words are easily and frequently misspelled.
Other commonly misspelled words to watch out for include:
- accommodate (two "Cs" and two "Ms"), commonly misspelled as accomodate
- basically (ends with -ally), commonly misspelled as basicly
- Caribbean (one "R" and two "Bs"), commonly misspelled as Carribean
- embarrass (two "Rs" and two "Ss"), commonly misspelled as embarass
- humorous/glamorous (-mor in the middle), commonly misspelled as humourous/glamourous
- tomorrow (one "M" and two "Rs"), commonly misspelled as tommorrow
(source: Oxford English Dictionary)
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SYNONYMS
check, examine, inspect, investigate, poll, scrutinise, solicit, survey
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"The employees should be canvassed on a regular basis to get their opinion and feedback."
