survey

  • 31survey — Synonyms and related words: abbreviation, abbreviature, abrege, abridgment, abstract, analysis, appraisal, appraise, appraisement, appreciate, approximation, article, assay, assemblage, assembly, assess, assessment, assize, assizement, audit,… …

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  • 32survey — 1. verb 1) he surveyed his work Syn: look at, look over, observe, view, contemplate, regard, gaze at, stare at, eye; scrutinize, examine, inspect, scan, study, consider, review, take stock of; informal si …

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  • 33survey*/*/ — [ˈsɜːveɪ] noun [C] I 1) a set of questions that you ask in order to find out people s opinions We carried out a survey of local housing needs.[/ex] 2) an examination of the condition of something, especially a house 3) an examination of land by… …

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  • 34survey — I. verb (surveyed; surveying) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French surveer, to look over, from sur + veer to see more at view Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to examine as to condition, situation, or value ; appraise …

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  • 35survey —    In caving, the measurement of directions and distances between survey points and of cave details from them, and the plotting of cave plans and sections from these measurements either graphically or after computation of coordinates [25] …

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  • 36Survey — Sur|vey [ sə:vei] der; [s], s <aus gleichbed. engl. survey »überblicken, schauen«, dies aus altfr. surveier zu sur (vgl. ↑super...) u. veier »sehen«, dies aus lat. videre>: 1. Erhebung, Ermittlung, Befragung bei der Meinungs u.… …

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  • 37survey — [15] To survey something is etymologically to ‘oversee’ it. The word comes via Anglo Norman surveier from medieval Latin supervidēre, a compound verb formed from the prefix super ‘over’ and vidēre ‘see’ (source of English view, vision, etc).… …

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  • 38survey — sur·vey || sÉ™r veɪ /sÉ™ n. act of measuring and recording the characteristics of a plot of land; land survey report (often in the form of a map); review, overview; statistical study v. look over, observe; examine carefully, study; measure and… …

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  • 39survey — verb sə veɪ 1》 look carefully and thoroughly at. 2》 examine and record the area and features of (an area of land) so as to construct a map, plan, or description. 3》 Brit. examine and report on the condition of (a building), especially for a… …

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  • 40survey — v 1. appraise, take stock of, assess; take the measure of, size, size up, judge; ascertain, determine, figure, figure out; reckon, calculate, compute, estimate, Inf. check, Inf. check out. 2. scan, observe, scrutinize, regard, contemplate;… …

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