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Meaning of straw poll | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A survey of opinion or a vote that is nonbinding, unofficial, casual, or ad hoc.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Deutsch Blitzumfrage inoffizielle Umfrage Meinungsbild Probeabstimmung Probeumfrage unverbindliche Abstimmung
Español encuesta sondeo
Suomi pikakysely

Examples

“2002: I don't think it was innocence that made me want to carry out a straw poll of women friends on the plausibility of this passage — James Meek in London Review of Books, Vol. 24 No. 22, 14 November 2002”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

straw purchase straw purchaser straw shoe straw stem straw that stirs the drink straw tick

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