Found 4 items, similar to SURVEY.
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Definition: survey
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Definition: survey
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: survey
survey
v 1: consider in a comprehensive way;
“He appraised the situation
carefully before acting” [syn:
appraise]
2: look over in a comprehensively, inspect;
“He surveyed his
new classmates”
3: keep under surveillance;
“The police had been following him
for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the
bombing” [syn:
surveil,
follow]
4: hold a review (of troops) [syn:
review,
go over]
5: make a survey of; for statistical purposes
6: plot a map of (land)
survey
n 1: a detailed critical inspection [syn:
study]
2: short descriptive summary (of events) [syn:
sketch,
resume]
3: the act of looking or seeing or observing;
“he tried to get
a better view of it”;
“his survey of the battlefield was
limited” [syn:
view,
sight]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Survey
Survey
\Sur"vey\, n. [Formerly accentuated universally on the
last syllable, and still so accented by many speakers.]
1. The act of surveying; a general view, as from above.
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Under his proud survey the city lies. --Sir J.
Denham.
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2. A particular view; an examination, especially an official
examination, of all the parts or particulars of a thing,
with a design to ascertain the condition, quantity, or
quality; as, a survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of
roads and bridges; a survey of buildings.
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3. The operation of finding the contour, dimensions,
position, or other particulars of, as any part of the
earth's surface, whether land or water; also, a measured
plan and description of any portion of country, or of a
road or line through it.
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Survey of dogs. See
Court of regard, under
Regard.
Trigonometrical survey, a survey of a portion of country by
measuring a single base, and connecting it with various
points in the tract surveyed by a series of triangles, the
angles of which are carefully measured, the relative
positions and distances of all parts being computed from
these data.
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Syn: Review; retrospect; examination; prospect.
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Survey
\Sur*vey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Surveyed; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Surveying.] [OF. surveoir, surveer; sur, sor, over, E.
sur + veoir, veeir, to see, F. voir, L. videre. See
Sur-,
and
Vision, and cf.
Supervise.]
1. To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as
from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill,
and survey the surrounding country.
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Round he surveys and well might, where he stood,
So high above. --Milton.
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2. To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
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With such altered looks, . . .
All pale and speechless, he surveyed me round.
--Dryden.
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3. To examine with reference to condition, situation, value,
etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey
a building in order to determine its value and exposure to
loss by fire.
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4. To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a
tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of
linear and angular measurments, and the application of the
principles of geometry and trigonometry; as, to survey
land or a coast.
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5. To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties
of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and
value of the same. [Eng.] --Jacob (Law Dict.).
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