survey
Meaning of survey
verb
- look closely at or examine (someone or something).
her green eyes surveyed him coolly
I surveyed the options
- examine and record the area and features of (an area of land) so as to construct a map, plan, or description.
he surveyed the coasts of New Zealand
- investigate the opinions or experience of (a group of people) by asking them questions.
95 per cent of patients surveyed were satisfied with the health service
- a general view, examination, or description of someone or something.
the author provides a survey of the relevant literature
- an act of surveying a building.
the building society will insist that you have a survey done
- an act of surveying an area of land.
the flight involved a detailed aerial survey of military bases
late Middle English (in the sense ‘examine and ascertain the condition of’): from Anglo-Norman French surveier, from medieval Latin supervidere, from super- ‘over’ + videre ‘to see’. The early sense of the noun (late 15th century) was ‘supervision’.
Information about survey
- The plural form of survey is: surveys.
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Hyphenation of survey
sur-vey
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- survey is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
survey synonyms
Meaning study:
Meaning sketch:
Meaning view:
Meaning appraise:
Meaning surveil:
Meaning review:
Meaning watch (someone or something) carefully and attentively:
Meaning look thoughtfully for a long time at:
Meaning gaze at steadily in a particular way:
Meaning perceive with the eyes; discern visually:
Meaning look at closely or with interest:
Meaning examine or inspect closely and thoroughly:
Meaning inspect (someone or something) thoroughly in order to determine their nature or condition:
Meaning examine (someone or something) to ensure that they reach an official standard:
Meaning look at all parts of (something) carefully in order to detect some feature:
Meaning look attentively at:
Meaning make a careful and critical examination of (something):
Meaning see or observe (someone or something, especially of remarkable or impressive nature):
Meaning careful thought, typically over a period of time:
Meaning a general review or summary of a subject:
Meaning critical observation or examination:
Meaning a detailed inspection or study:
Meaning careful examination or scrutiny:
Meaning the action of exploring an unfamiliar area:
Meaning an act of assessing something or someone:
Meaning a brief summary or general survey of something:
Meaning a line or set of lines enclosing or indicating the shape of an object in a sketch or diagram:
Meaning an estimation of the worth of something, especially one carried out by a professional valuer:
Meaning the action of assessing someone or something:
Meaning an approximate calculation or judgement of the value, number, quantity, or extent of something:
Meaning a rough calculation of the value, number, quantity, or extent of something:
Meaning decide the amount required as payment for (something offered for sale):
Translation of survey
- German: Inspektion, Begutachtung, Untersuchung, Studie, Erhebung, Umfrage
- Spanish: investigación, estudio, registro, encuesta, sondeo
- French: enquête, étude, sondage
- Portuguese: levantamentos, pesquisa, estudo, investigação, inquirição, levantamento, sondagem, análise
- Italian: inchiesta, studio, rilievo, rilevazione, rilevamento, sondaggio, indagine, misurare, rilevare
Words that rhyme with survey
Carvey, Garvey, Harvey, Jarvey, garvey, harvey, jarvey, Hervey, Meservey, curvey, dispurvey, kurvey, minisurvey, presurvey, purvey, resurvey, serosurvey
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