transcription, транскрипция: [ kænvəs ]
( canvasses, canvassing, canvassed)
1.
If you canvass for a particular person or political party, you go around an area trying to persuade people to vote for that person or party.
I’m canvassing for the Conservative Party...
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• can‧vass‧er
(canvassers)
...a Conservative canvasser.
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2.
If you canvass public opinion, you find out how people feel about a particular subject.
Members of Parliament are spending the weekend canvassing opinion in their constituencies.
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