survey
verb/səˈveɪ/
/sərˈveɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they survey | /səˈveɪ/ /sərˈveɪ/ |
| he / she / it surveys | /səˈveɪz/ /sərˈveɪz/ |
| past simple surveyed | /səˈveɪd/ /sərˈveɪd/ |
| past participle surveyed | /səˈveɪd/ /sərˈveɪd/ |
| -ing form surveying | /səˈveɪɪŋ/ /sərˈveɪɪŋ/ |
- survey something to look carefully at the whole of something, especially in order to get a general impression of it synonym inspect
- The next morning we surveyed the damage caused by the fire.
- He surveyed himself in the mirror before going out.
- She opened her eyes and surveyed her surroundings.
Extra Examples- Her green eyes surveyed him coolly.
- I surveyed the scene from my window.
- She surveyed his appearance critically.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- calmly
- critically
- …
- from
- survey something to study and give a general description of something
- This chapter briefly surveys the current state of European politics.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- calmly
- critically
- …
- from
- survey somebody/something to investigate the opinions or behaviour of a group of people by asking them a series of questions synonym interview
- We surveyed 500 smokers and found that over three quarters would like to give up.
- 87% of the 1 000 companies surveyed employ part-time staff.
- The aim of the project is to survey public attitudes to disability.
- 62 percent of those surveyed disapprove of the president's handling of the problem.
- survey something to measure and record the features of an area of land, for example in order to make a map or in preparation for buildingTopics Geographyc1
- survey something (British English) to examine a building to make sure it is in good condition
- Have the house surveyed before you decide whether to buy it.
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Word Originlate 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 cent.) was ‘supervision’.
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