poll
/pəʊl/ verb [T]Definition
ASK OPINION › to ask someone's opinion as part of a study on what people think about a subject: [often passive] Most students polled said they preferred the new system.
GET VOTES › to receive a particular number of votes in an election: Labour polled only 45 percent of the Scottish vote.
(Definition of poll verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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