CANVASS


Meaning of CANVASS in English

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...

VERB : V for n

• can‧vass‧er

(canvassers)

...a Conservative canvasser.

N-COUNT

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.

VERB : V n

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