PUBLIC OPINION POLL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does public opinion poll mean? 

• PUBLIC OPINION POLL (noun)
  The noun PUBLIC OPINION POLL has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PUBLIC OPINION POLL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUBLIC OPINION POLL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

canvass; opinion poll; poll; public opinion poll

Hypernyms ("public opinion poll" is a kind of...):

enquiry; inquiry; research (a search for knowledge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "public opinion poll"):

exit poll (a poll of voters as they leave the voting place; usually taken by news media in order to predict the outcome of an election)

straw poll; straw vote (an unofficial vote taken to determine opinion on some issue)