survey
/sɚˈveɪ/ verb C1- To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook · He stood on a hill, and surveyed the surrounding country.
- To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
- To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of · It was his job to survey buildings in order to determine their value and risks.
- 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 measurements, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry · to survey land or a coast
- 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.
- To investigate the opinions, experiences, etc., of people by asking them questions; to conduct a survey; to administer a questionnaire.
He/she/it surveys · Past surveyed · Past participle surveyed · -ing form surveying
Verb forms
- Base form
- survey
- He/she/it
- surveys
- Past
- surveyed
- Past participle
- surveyed
- -ing form
- surveying
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The count, in his survey of the pit, encountered a pale face and threatening eyes, which evidently sought to gain his attention.
She rose, and I was again conscious of that quick, questioning glance with which she had just surveyed us.
Sherlock Holmes and I surveyed this curt announcement and the rueful face behind it, until the comical side of the affair so completely overtopped every other consideration that we both burst out into a roar of laughter.
“Well now, she shouldn’t have taken the brooch, Marilla, or told stories about it,” he admitted, mournfully surveying his plateful of unromantic pork and greens as if he, like Anne, thought it a food unsuited to crises of feeling, “but she’s such a little thing--such an interesting little thing.
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