canvass

Pronunciation

• Homophone: canvas

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Verb

Plain form canvass

Third-person singular canvasses

Past tense canvassed

Past participle canvassed

Present participle canvassing

1. (transitive) If you canvass someone, you encourage people to vote for you or your cause.

   The Conservative Party canvassed for voters on television

2. (intransitive) If you canvass, you run a survey; you get the opinion of the public.