canvass

[US]/ˈkænvəs/
[UK]/ˈkænvəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. att grundligt undersöka eller diskutera; att kampanja eller be om stöd
vi. att övertyga eller påverka genom lobbying
n. diskussion, grundlig utredning eller övertygelse
Word Forms
Present Participlecanvassing
Third Person Singularcanvasses
Pluralcanvasses
Past Tensecanvassed
Past Participlecanvassed

Phrases & Collocations

conduct a canvass

genomföra en undersökning

Example Sentences

canvass a district for votes

kanvassera ett distrikt för röster

they're canvassing support among shareholders.

De samlar in stöd bland aktieägarna.

the door had been canvassed over.

Dörren hade redan undersökts.

early retirement was canvassed as a solution to the problem of unemployment.

För tidig pensionering presenterades som en lösning på arbetslösheten.

the issues that were canvassed are still unresolved.

De frågor som undersöktes är fortfarande olösta.

they promised to canvass all member clubs for their views.

de lovade att kanvassera alla medlemsklubbar för deras synpunkter.

in each ward, two workers canvassed some 2,000 voters.

I varje valkrets undersökte två arbetare cirka 2 000 väljare.

He canvassed the papers, hunting for notices of jobs.

Han gick igenom tidningarna och letade efter jobbannonser.

I exscind my skin ,in order to canvass my heart,a vivid heart,a bloody heart,an entire heart.

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Here was a type of the travelling canvasser for a manufacturing house--a class which at that time was first being dubbed by the slang of the day “drummers.

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