Definitions for survey

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survey sur·vey

Spelling: [verb ser-vey; noun sur-vey, ser- Survey is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in survey (ersuvy).

Definitions for survey

noun

1. an act or instance of surveying or of taking a comprehensive view of something:
2. a formal or official examination of the particulars of something, made in order to ascertain condition, character, etc.
3. a statement or description embodying the result of this:
4. a sampling, or partial collection, of facts, figures, or opinions taken and used to approximate or indicate what a complete collection and analysis might reveal:
5. the act of determining the exact form, boundaries, position, etc., as of a tract of land or section of a country, by linear measurements, angular measurements, etc.
6. the plan or description resulting from such an operation.
7. an agency for making determinations:

verb (used with object)

1. to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
2. to view in detail, especially to inspect, examine, or appraise formally or officially in order to ascertain condition, value, etc.
3. to conduct a survey of or among:
4. to determine the exact form, boundaries, position, extent, etc., of (a tract of land, section of a country, etc.) by linear and angular measurements and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry.

verb (used without object)

1. to survey land; practice surveying.

Origin of survey

1425-75; late Middle English surveien (v.) Anglo-French surveier, Middle French surv(e)ier, surveoir to oversee, equivalent to sur- sur-¹ + v(e)ier Latin vi

Examples for survey

In close connexion with the survey and Lands Department is the topic of exploration.

I refer to the Domesday Book, or survey of the country which William caused to be made.

The Medical University of South Carolina released a survey of 2,000 college women in 2007.

Down 29 percent since 2005, according to a Guardian survey of book authors.

After his survey he went behind the bar and got the revolver from under an overturned pail.

“Nobody in this room could hope to escape,” was the verdict of that survey.

That statistic is based on a survey that includes attempted forced kissing as sexual assault.

And survey after survey proves an embarrassingly high percentage of Americans are largely ignorant of how our government works.

That creates an obvious statistical issue: The results of a survey of two campuses cannot be extrapolated for the entire country.

Truth to tell, Burke was far from comfortable under that survey.