Canvassing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who canvasses or solicits.

    "The thoroughness required by your explicit instructions, together with the strong desire that these repeated canvassings should be executed in so careful a manner as to establish reliable data, has no doubt tended materially to produce the gratifying result."

  2. 2
    persuasion of voters in a political campaign wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of canvass form-of, gerund, participle, present

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airinganalysisayeballotbell ringingcanvass

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"After a week of canvassing the area, the search was abandoned."

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