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Survey   /sərvˈeɪ/  /sˈərvˌeɪ/   Listen
Survey

noun
1.
A detailed critical inspection.  Synonym: study.
2.
Short descriptive summary (of events).  Synonyms: resume, sketch.
3.
The act of looking or seeing or observing.  Synonyms: sight, view.  "His survey of the battlefield was limited"
verb
(past & past part. surveyed; pres. part. surveying)
1.
Consider in a comprehensive way.  Synonym: appraise.
2.
Look over carefully or inspect.
3.
Keep under surveillance.  Synonyms: follow, surveil.
4.
Hold a review (of troops).  Synonyms: go over, review.
5.
Make a survey of; for statistical purposes.
6.
Plot a map of (land).



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"Survey" Quotes from Famous Books



... saw that the house was not of sufficient dimensions to hold all the goods that were carried in, and he made up his mind at the proper time to make a survey of the place and delve to ...
— The Dock Rats of New York • "Old Sleuth"
... into conservatories. One of two inferences is obvious here; either his lordship has overcoloured the statement, or the company could not be the respectable one represented. The practice with all reputable offices is to survey the premises before insurance, and to describe them as they appear; but no concealment of stoves, or other dangerous accessories or inflammable goods, should be practised. This certainly binds the ...
— The Book of Household Management • Mrs. Isabella Beeton
... again. This arose from my saying, among other things we had to do, that the fleet was come in,—the greatest fleet that ever his Majesty had yet together, and that in as bad condition as the enemy or weather could put it. And to use Sir W. Pen's words, who is upon the place taking a survey, he dreads the reports he is to receive from the Surveyors of its defects. I therefore did only answer, that I was sorry for his Highness's offence, but that what I said was but the report we received from those entrusted in the fleet to inform us. He muttered and repeated ...
— The Diary of Samuel Pepys • Samuel Pepys
... architectural interest being wisely retained. The recumbent effigy in the recess in S. transept is thought to be that of Richard de Anestie, who founded the church in the fourteenth century. We learn from Domesday Book that at the time of the Great Survey there was "pannage" (i.e. acorn woods) at Anestie sufficient to feed fifty hogs, and that the manor was worth fourteen pounds a year. There was once a castle here, built soon after the Conquest, the site of which is supposed to be marked ...
— Hertfordshire • Herbert W Tompkins
... fleet concealed. We thought for Greece Their sails were hoisted, and our fears release. The Trojans, cooped within their walls so long, Unbar their gates and issue in a throng Like swarming bees, and with delight survey The camp deserted, where the Grecians lay: The quarters of the several chiefs they showed: Here Phoe'nix, here Achilles, made abode; Here joined the battles; there the navy rode. Part on the pile their wandering eyes employ— ...
— Story of Aeneas • Michael Clarke


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