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canvass English

Meaning canvass meaning

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canvass Verb

— If you canvass someone, you encourage people to vote for you or your cause. The Conservative canvassed for voters on television — If you canvass, you run a survey; you get the opinion of the public.

canvass

— verb (= poll) get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions — verb solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign — noun (= canvas) the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete the boxer picked himself up off the canvas — noun (= canvas) an oil painting on canvas fabric — noun (= canvas) a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents) — noun (= canvas) the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account the crowded canvas of history the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound — noun (= canvas) a tent made of canvas fabric — noun (= sail, canvas) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel — noun (= poll) an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people — verb (= analyze, analyse) 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

Synonyms canvass synonyms

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canvass English » English

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Conjugation canvass conjugation

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canvass · verb

Examples canvass examples

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Canvass every expensive jewelry shop in the city.
You even let me canvass for Kennedy.
If Andy okays this canvass report, send a copy to all headquarters.
Do you want to canvass?
Yeah, I'll canvass.
I suggest we canvass.
Canvass the entire area with our modified police-artist sketches.
I want you to canvass the neighborhood.
With 100 law enforcement officials at our disposal at about 30 households per man per hour we should be able to canvass the area in three hours.
Earlier this evening, I had the opportunity to canvass.
If we canvass, someone'll phone him.
He's got seven job sites going now, as many foremen. Gather officers to canvass.
We've got a canvass up.
I'll get copies and we'll canvass the downtown hotels.
Anything on the canvass?
Oh, no. Ten years to canvass all these offices here.
Canvass the area where the accident happened.
Ooh, right against the canvass.
With 100 law enforcement officials. at about 30 households per man per hour, we can canvass the entire area in three hours.
If we canvass, someone'Il phone him.
That guy over at Social Services, Starkey, he's helping me canvass the area.
Are you canvassing neighbors? - There's nobody to canvass.
Thinks his company made some of the parts. Canvass anyone who purchased those parts in the last 6 months.
You want to canvass? - I'll canvass.
You give me the license numbers for the canvass.
They canvass like politicians.
Munch, Kellerman, canvass the Marshalls' neighbourhood.
Re-canvass the neighbourhood.
We're gonna canvass the neighborhood. Dee, ask O'Boyle to wait.
Canvass her neighbours.
Take a canvass of the entire base.
We'll just canvass the town, ask questions, check backgrounds.
Canvass for perp sightings, possible witnesses.
Canvass, Avenue D. Canvass on Avenue C.

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With his academic background and immense erudition, he succeeded in painting, on a wide canvass, the new directions of Turkey's policies under the Justice and Development Party (AKP) leadership.

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