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Public Opinion Poll

Definition: Public Opinion Poll

Public Opinion Poll

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Public Opinion Poll

Synonyms: canvass (n), opinion poll (n), poll (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Public Opinion Poll

English words defined with "public opinion poll": don't-know. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Public Opinion Poll

DomainTitle

Theater & Movies

  • Disarmament: A Public Opinion Poll (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Public Opinion Poll

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Economic History

Croatia

A public opinion poll by the Center for Market Research in August 2001 found that fully 83 percent of Croatians believed that their country is corrupt. (references)

Minorities

France

According to the 2000 public opinion poll reported in the annual NCCHR report, 12 percent of those polled admitted to being "rather racist," 31 percent admitted to being "a little racist," 26 percent stated they were "not very racist," 28 percent stated that they were "not at all racist," and 3 percent had no response. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Public Opinion Poll

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

public opinion poll

68
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Public Opinion Poll

Language Translations for "public opinion poll"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

meinungsumfrage (mori poll, opinion poll, public-opinion poll). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

世論調査 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

せろ"ちょうさ, よろ"ちょうさ (public-opinion survey). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ublicpay opinionay ollpay

   

Russian 

  

опрос общественного мнения (opinion poll). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

gallupundersökning (gallup poll). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kamuoyu yoklaması (gallup poll, poll, straw vote). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Bibliography


  

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