canvass
/ˈkanvəs/
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American sound/ˈkanvəs/
canvass
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can - vass -> canvass
Myanmar meaning
(v) နိုင်ငံရေးမဲဆွယ်သည်။ ပြည်သူ့ဆန္ဒယူသည်။ အယူအဆတစ်ခုကို ကျေလည်စွာ ဆွေးနွေးသည်။ (n) အထက်ပါကဲ့သို့ပြုလုပ်ခြင်း။
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၁။ ~ (sb) (for sth) နိုင်ငံရေးမဲဆွယ်သည်။
go out canvassing (for votes) ❍ The Democratic candidate will canvass the constituency next month.
၂။ ပြည်သူ့ဆန္ဒယူသည်။
canvass views/opinions ❍ canvass voters before an election.
၃။ အယူအဆတစ်ခုကို ကျေလည်စွာ ဆွေးနွေးသည်။
The proposal has been widely canvassed.
n အထက်ပါကဲ့သို့ပြုလုပ်ခြင်း။
❏ canvasser n ထိုကဲ့သို့ပြုလုပ်သူ။
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- The prime minister has spent the day canvassing in Doncaster.
- [canvass for] : Party supporters were called on to help canvass for their candidate.
- [canvass support] : The Home Secretary has been canvassing support for his new crime bill.
- We will be canvassing the views of teachers all over the country.
- Various possibilities have been canvassed.
Synonyms
campaign, electioneer, drum up support, solicit votes, agitate, analyze, appeal, apply, argue, ballot, blue book, book review, check, check over, circularize, consult, cross-examination, crusade, debate, discussion, dispute, examination, examine, finals, groupthink, inspect, investigate, legwork, make-up, once over, perlustration, poll, public opinion poll, public-opinion poll, questionnaire, redraft, research, review, reviewal, run, scan, scrutinize, sift, solicit, study, stump, survey, test, the eye, ventilate, write up, writeup
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