Canvass

Definitions: Canvass

Canvass

Noun

1. The setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history;" "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound".

2. An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people.

3. A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.

4. A tent made of canvas.

5. An oil painting on canvas.

6. The mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas".

7. Heavy closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents).

Verb

1. Get the opinions of people, for example.

2. Solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign.

3. Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives".

Date "canvass" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Census	To systematically travel, block by block, every street, road, path, and the like in an assignment area to find and record information about every place where people live, stay, or could live and to update and correct the map of the assigned area. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Canvass

Synonyms: canvas tent (n), opinion poll (n), public opinion poll (n), sail (n), sheet (n), analyse (v), analyze (v), canvas (v), examine (v), poll (v), study (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Dissertation	Verb: expound upon a subject, dissert upon a subject, descant upon a subject, write upon a subject, touch upon a subject; treat a subject, treat a subject thoroughly, treat of a subject, take up a subject, ventilate a subject, discuss a subject, deal with a subject, go into a subject, go into a subject at length, canvass a subject, handle a subject, do justice to a subject.
Inquiry	Investigate; take up an inquiry, institute an inquiry, pursue an inquiry, follow up an inquiry, conduct an inquiry, carry on an inquiry, carry out an inquiry, prosecute an inquiry; Noun: look at, look into; preexamine; discuss, canvass, agitate.
Reasoning,	Verb: reason, argue, discuss, debate, dispute, wrangle- argufy, bandy words, bandy arguments; chop logic; hold an argument, carry on an argument; controvert; (deny); canvass; comment upon, moralize upon; spiritualize; consider; (examine).
Request	Motion, overture, application, canvass, address, appeal, apostrophe; imprecation; rogation; proposal, proposition.
	Bespeak, canvass, tout, make interest, court; seek, bid for; (offer); publish the banns.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Canvass

English words defined with "canvass": Brigue ♦ Canvassed, circularise, circularize ♦ Returning board. (references)

Specialty definitions using "canvass": Automated Listing and Mapping Instrument ♦ block canvassing, block map ♦ chief, dog license inspector ♦ L-E, list/enumerate ♦ PRCVS, pre-canvass ♦ SUPERVISOR, DOG LICENSE OFFICER ♦ UU-E. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Art of Church Canvass (reference) Destinations; A Canvass Of American Literature Since 1900 (BCL1-PS American Literature) (reference) Fundraising with a vision : a canvass guide for congregations (reference) Nicaragua : an unfinished canvass (reference) Thackeray's Canvass of Humanity: An Author and His Public (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Canvass [sic] pontoons on the North Anna.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	His mind worked upon this canvass.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Bolivia	Larger importers have subsidiaries and branches throughout the country, as well as sub-distributors and a sales force to canvass retailers, wholesalers and consumers. (references)
Political Rights	Bhutan	There is no provision for self-nomination, and the law states that no person may campaign for the candidacy or canvass through other means. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Franklin Pierce	1853-1857	Higher objects than personal aggrandizement gave direction and energy to their exertions in the late canvass, and they shall not be disappointed.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Canvass" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 44.19% of the time. "Canvass" is used about 86 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	44.19%	38	55,818
Noun (singular)	44.19%	38	55,818
Lexical Verb (base form)	11.63%	10	111,207
Total	100.00%	86	N/A

Expressions using "canvass": canvass a subject ♦ canvass for a seat ♦ canvass one's constituency. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "canvass": canvass-returns.
	Ending with "canvass": pre-canvass.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "canvass"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shqyrtoj (analyse, analyze, assay, bolt, call, case, check, check over, debate, discuss, explore, inspect, investigate, look into, look over, look through, moot, peruse, process, scrutinize, see, see into, study, talk over, think out, traverse, vet, view), shqyrtim (analysis, assay, check, checkup, collation, debate, deliberation, discussion, hearing, investigation, probe, processing, scan, scrutiny, study, survey), mbledhje votash, mbledhje porosish, mbledh vota, mbledh porosi, gjej pajtimtarë, diskutoj (assess, confer, consult, counsel, debate, deliberate, discuss, dispute, expostulate, moot, negotiate, quarrel, reason, talk over, think over, thrash out), diskutim (argument, argumentation, assessment, contest, contestation, debate, deliberation, discussion, disputation, dispute, eristic, logomachy, talk, treatment), anketoj, anketim. (various references)

Arabic		‏فحص بدقة (dissect, rummage), ‏ناقش (agitate, argue, bat, converse, debate, discuss, dispute, join issue with, moot, oppugn, powwow, question, set about, speak, talk, talk over, ventilate), ‏تدقيق (scrupulousness, thoroughness, timing), ‏طواف في مدينة, ‏طاف لتصيد أصوات الناخبين, ‏إلتمس (ask, beg, beseech, crave, cry, implore, petition, plead, request, solicit, sue, woo). (various references)

Bulgarian		разглеждам (analyse, analyze, bolt, consider, do, eye, handle, hear, look through, oversee, regard, scan, see, see into, see over, take up, treat, view), обсъждане (agitation, argumentation, conference, consideration, consultation, deliberation, discussion, dispute, parley, powwow), продаване по домовете, предизборна кампания (electioneering), изборен резултат. (various references)

Chinese		游说 (Lobbied, Lobbying). (various references)

Czech		získávat (solicit), sondovat (Plumb, probe), shánìt (hunt for), debatovat (debate, dispute, talk), agitovat (agitate). (various references)

Danish		drive husagitation (to canvass). (various references)

Dutch		huis-aan-huis propaganda maken (to canvass). (various references)

Farsi		الک یاغربال کردن , برای جمع اوری اراء فعالیت کردن . (various references)

Finnish		kerätä ääniä. (various references)

French		vérification des votes, sondage, solliciter, faire du démarchage électoral dans, enquêter, discuter, démarchage électoral. (various references)

German		werben um (court, solicit), sondieren (explore, probe, probing, sound out, sounding, spy out, to take a sounding). (various references)

Greek		έρευνα (disquisition, enquiry, Evaluation of the contamination at the site, inquiry, interview, investigation, quest, recherche, research, rummage, scanning, search, site inspection, survey, which includes sampling.Takes place when the preliminary assessment suggests that environment and public health are endangered by a suspect site.), συζητώ (argue, chat, debate, descant, discuss, dispute, reason, talk over), ζητώ πελάτεσ, εκζήτηση παραγγελιών, εκζήτηση ψήφων, ερευνώ (comb, delve, ferret, inquire, investigate, look into, look round, research, rummage, scan, search), αναζήτηση πελατών, ψηφοθηρώ (electioneer), ψηφοθηρία (canvassing). (various references)

Hungarian		korteskedés (canvassing, electioneering). (various references)

Indonesian		meneliti, membujuk (cajole, candied, coax, endlong, gloze, persuade, talk a person into, wile). (various references)

Italian		vaglio (classifier, examination, riddle, screen, sieve, sifter, sifting, winnower), sollecitazione (dun, request, solicitation, strain, stress), sollecitare voti, sollecitare (hasten, hurry, importune, press for, solicit, stress, tickle, urge, woo), saggiare l'opinione di, propaganda elettorale, fare propaganda, esaminare a fondo. (various references)

Manx		shirrey magh voteyn (canvassing), canvyssal (canvassing). (various references)

Pig Latin		anvasscay

Portuguese		cabalar (cabal), contagem (count, counting, enumeration, score), discussão (agitation, argument, controversy, debate, deliberation, discussion, disputation, heartbeat, quarrel, scene, skirmish, strife, talk, ventilation, words, wrangle), angariar (collect, recruit, tout), apuração (analysis, evaluation, examination), apurar (amend, count, find out, get, investigation, raise, refine), angariação, debater (contest, controvert, debate, discuss, knock off, moot, powwow, question, reason, strike off, toss, ventilate), solicitação (application, asking, request, requisition, solicitation, stress), discutir (agitate, argue, controvert, debate, deliberate, discourse, discuss, dispute, gainsay, knock off, moot, quarrel, rap, reason, spar, strike off, talk over, traverse, ventilate), escrutinar (scrutinize), exame (assay, audit, check, exam, examination, examination law makes the grant of a patent subject to the results of an examination, hearing, inspection, investigation, manipulator, overhaul, question, reconnaissance, review, survey, test, view, viewing), examinar (assay, catechize, check, check up on, cross, discussion, enquire, examine, explore, eye drops, go over, have out, inquire, inspect, look, look over, look through, overhaul, peruse, probe, question, quiz, run over, scan, test, traverse, turn out, verify, vet, view), investigação (disquisitional, enrage, Evaluation of the contamination at the site, exploration, inquiry, inquisition, inquisitorial, investigation, quest, research, rummage, site inspection, study, which includes sampling.Takes place when the preliminary assessment suggests that environment and public health are endangered by a suspect site.), pedir votos, debate (agitation, argumentation, contest, controversy, debate, deliberation, disputation, dispute, moot, parley, question, under discussion, ventilation). (various references)

Romanian		cutreiera (range, roam, scour, wander), comenzi, cercetare atentã (scrutiny), cerceta (analyse, analyze, anatomize, ask, case, consider, consult, cross-question, delve, dip into, examine, excogiate, explore, inspect, introspect, investigate, look at, look into, look over, look through, overlook, peer, pursue, question, reconnoitre, research, screen, scrutinize, search, search into, seek, sift, sound, study, survey, test, try, visit), sonda (bore, bottom, explore, fathom, feel the pulse, Plumb, probe, sound), propagandã electoralã, face propagandã electoralã (electioneer), examina (comb, consider, contemplate, debate, examine, explore, go over, inspect, investigate, look at, look over, observe, overhaul, overlook, peer, pry into, quiz, review, scout, scrutinize, search, study, talk over, verify, view, visit, weigh), discuţie (altercation, argument, argumentation, confabulation, conversation, counsel, debate, dialogue, discourse, discussion, dispute, quarrel, reasoning, row, splutter, talk), dezbatere (agitation, debate, deliberation, discussion, dispute, fencing, quarrel), dezbate (agitate, argue, beat out, break, contest, controvert, criticize, debate, dispute, fall, review), analiza (analyse, analyze, anatomize, assay, consider, decompose, dissect, examine, parse, review, test). (various references)

Russian		обсуждать (confer, confer together, debate, discuss, discussing, dispute, moot, take up, talk over, think over, traverse, ventilate), домогаться заказов. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		agitovati. (various references)

Spanish		campaña en busca de votos, sondeo (bore, bore hole, boring, drill hole, feeler, hole, overture, probe, probing, prospecting by borings or trial pits, reconnaissance, sounding, test boring, well), solicitación (appeal, application, loading, request, solicitation), pedir votos. (various references)

Swedish		värva röster, agitera (agitate, electioneer). (various references)

Turkish		tartışmak (altercate, argue, bat around, Bicker, brawl, bust, challenge, contend, controvert, debate, discuss, dispute, have a row with, have a set-to, have words with smb., jangle, join issue with smb., moot, negotiate, set to, spar, take issue with smb., wrangle), sipariş toplamak, sipariş toplama, seçmenleri dolaşarak oy istemek, seçim kampanyası (election campaign, hustings), reklâm yapmak (advertise, advertize), reklâm yapma, propaganda yapmak (agitate, ballyhoo, make propaganda, propagandize, propagate), oy toplama, kamuoyu yoklaması yapmak (poll), gözden geçirmek (browse, check, check up, check up on, dip into, examine into, flick through, have a look at, look at, look over, look through, pass smth. in review, review, revise, see over, sift), görüşmek (approach, argue, confer, consult, contact, discuss, get into touch, have a talk with, interview, keep in touch, meet, negotiate, parley, powwow, reason, see, talk). (various references)

Ukranian		збирання (aggregation, assemblage, collection, compilation, cumulation, gathering, levy, picking, plucking), дебатувати (debate), добиватися (achieve, aim, attain, obtain, try for, woo, work out, work up), домагатися (aim, angle, aspire, busk, come after, covet, cry for, exact, get, go after, hunt for, obtain, pursue, solicit, woo), передвиборна агітація, проводити офіційний підрахунок голосів, аналіз (analysis, break down, determination, evaluation), дебатування, агітувати за кандидата, виступати перед виборцями, збирання голосів, збирати (agglomerate, amass, assemble, bag, carry, collect, compile, congregate, convene, convoke, cull, gather, gather in, levy, make up, muster, pick, pick in, summon, win), збирати голоси, опитування (interrogation, poll), обговорення (colloquy, consideration, counsel, deliberation, discussion, talking), обговорювати (air, bandy about, confer, consider, debate, dispute, moot, natter, parley, reason, ventilate), офіційний підрахунок голосів, аналізувати (analyse, analyze, anatomize, decompose). (various references)

Vietnamese		cuộc vận động bỏ phiếu, cuộc thảo luận cuộc vận động bầu cử, cuộc b� n cãi (controversy, discussion, dispute). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	ambiebat, ambiens, ambitu, ambitum, ambiunt, suffragare. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "canvass": canvassed, canvasser, canvassers, canvasses, canvassing. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Canvass" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Canavese, canbas, canevas, Cangas, canvase, canvess, canvos, canvus, ccanvass, Chavasse, Cinva, cravass, Kanvas. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "canvass" (pronounced ka"nvus)
6	k a" n v u s	canvas.
3	-v u s	crevice, disservice, grievous, mischievous, nervous, novice, pelvis, service.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-n-s-s-v"
	-1 letter: canvas.
	-2 letters: casas, scans.
	-3 letters: anas, ansa, cans, casa, sacs, sans, scan, vacs, vans, vasa.
	-4 letters: aas, ana, ass, ava, can, sac, vac, van, vas.
	-5 letters: aa, an, as, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-n-s-s-v"
	+1 letter: canvases.
	+2 letters: canvasers, canvassed, canvasser, canvasses.
	+3 letters: canvassers, canvassing, vacantness.
	+4 letters: canvasbacks, subclavians.
	+5 letters: vacantnesses, vacationists, vulcanisates.
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