Canvass | Mean of canvass in English Dictionary

/ˈkænvəs/

• Verb
• to ask (the people in an area) what they think about a candidate, project, idea, etc.
1. A team of volunteers is canvassing the city for the Republican Party.
2. We go to every house to canvass voters.
• to talk to the people in an area in order to get them to support a candidate, project, idea, etc.
1. She is canvassing for one of the presidential candidates this year.
2. The group has been canvassing neighborhoods to ask people to vote for him.
• to look at or consider (something) carefully
1. The company canvassed several sites for a new factory.