Canvass

Definition

canvass /'kænvǝs/ v ၁။ ~ (sb) (for sth) ႏိုင္ငံေရးမဲဆြယ္သည္။ go out canvassing (for votes) ❍ The Democratic candidate will canvass the constituency next month. ၂။ ျပည္သူ႕ဆႏၵယူသည္။ canvass views/opinions ❍ canvass voters before an election. ၃။ အယူအဆတစ္ခုကို ေက်လည္စြာ ေဆြးေႏြးသည္။ The proposal has been widely canvassed. n အထက္ပါကဲ့သို႔ျပဳလုပ္ျခင္း။ ❏ canvasser n ထိုကဲ့သို႔ျပဳလုပ္သူ။

Examples

1. The prime minister has spent the day canvassing in Doncaster.
2. [canvass for] : Party supporters were called on to help canvass for their candidate.
3. [canvass support] : The Home Secretary has been canvassing support for his new crime bill.
4. We will be canvassing the views of teachers all over the country.
5. Various possibilities have been canvassed.