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Definitions for Canvassing
[1] to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
[2] to examine carefully; investigate by inquiry; discuss; debate.
[3] to solicit votes, opinions, or the like.
[4] a soliciting of votes, orders, or the like.
[5] a campaign for election to government office.
[6] close inspection; scrutiny.
[7] to solicit votes, orders, advertising, etc, from
[8] to determine the feelings and opinions of (voters before an election, etc), esp by conducting a survey
[9] to investigate (something) thoroughly, esp by discussion or debate
[10] mainly US to inspect (votes) officially to determine their validity
[11] a solicitation of opinions, votes, sales orders, etc
[12] close inspection; scrutiny
Words related to Canvassing
canvassscrutinize, inspect, agitate, solicit, consult, ventilate, run, campaign, scan, study, investigate, debate, examine, survey, argue, review, sift, apply, analyze, check
Words nearby Canvassing
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Origin of Canvassing
1500–10; orig. spelling variant of canvas, as a v.; sense “discuss” apparently development of the earlier senses “toss in a canvas sheet,” “harshly criticize”; sense “solicit votes” obscurely derived
Words that may be confused with Canvassing
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, canvasscanvas, canvass
Other words from Canvassing
can·vass·er , noun
pre·can·vass , verb (used with object), noun
un·can·vassed , adjective
un·der·can·vass , verb
well-can·vassed , adjective
Word origin for Canvassing
C16: probably from obsolete sense of canvas (to toss someone in a canvas sheet, hence, to harass, criticize); the development of current senses is unexplained
Synonyms for Canvassing
agitate, consult, inspect, scrutinize, solicit, analyze, apply, argue, campaign, check, debate, dispute, electioneer, examine, investigate, review, run, scan, sift, study, survey, ventilate, check over