To canvass is to go around and ask people if they would be interested in voting for or supporting a particular candidate or idea. You usually canvass in order to find out what people think about the candidate or idea.
The campaign manager was canvassing the neighborhood to find new supporters.
The professor was canvassing the class to find out if they would be interested in participating in a study.
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a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
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a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
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a tent made of canvas fabric
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an oil painting on canvas fabric
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an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
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the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
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the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
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consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
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get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
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solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
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Canvassing requires the solicitation of an opinion.
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In the centre of the staff is a diagram of the canvass.
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Some of the young men are canvassing in the hereby towns.
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He worked on canvasses that glowered with a morbid light.
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There's canvassing and then there's canvassing.
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If that was canvassing, then it was not disruptive canvassing.
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I see no canvassing, only canvassing paranoia.
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IF someone is canvassing, then address the person doing the canvassing.
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The clerks decided to allow SBHB's canvassing, but canvassing it was.
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And no, there was no canvassing done.