1 ~ (sb) (for sth) to ask sb to support a particular person, political party, etc., especially by going around an area and talking to people:
[V] He spent the whole month canvassing for votes. * [VN] Party workers are busy canvassing local residents.
2 [VN] to ask people about sth in order to find out what they think about it:
He has been canvassing opinion on the issue. * People are being canvassed for their views on the proposed new road.
3 [VN] ~ support to try and get support from a group of people
4 [VN] to discuss an idea thoroughly:
The proposal is currently being canvassed.
canvass noun:
to carry out a canvass
canvasser noun
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for canvass is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is canvass a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, canvass is tagged as verb.
Does canvass appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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