Sinhala Dictionary definitions for canvass
canvass 🔊 /kæˈnvʌs/
canvass : වාදවිවාද කරනවා
canvass : හොදින් පරීක්ෂා කරනවා
canvass : පරීක්ෂණය
canvass : අදහස් විමසනවා
canvass : ආධාර පතා ක්රියා කරනවා
canvass : ස්වකීය පක්ෂයට හරවාගන්නවා
canvass : කැමැත්තට පොළඹවනවා
canvass : ඡන්ද ප්රචාරක කටයුතු කරනවා
canvass : ඡන්ද ලබා ගැනීමේ ප්රචාරය
canvass : කැන්වස් කරනවා
canvass : ඊප්සනය කරනවා
canvass : විමසීම
canvass definition
Noun.
- To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote.
- To examine by discussion; to debate.
- To go trough, with personal solicitation or public addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions.
- Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a canvass of votes.
- Examination in the way of discussion or debate.
- Search; exploration; solicitation; systematic effort to obtain votes, subscribers, etc.
Intransitive verb. To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; -- commonly followed by for.