survey
Definitions
verb
- (tr) to view or consider in a comprehensive or general way ⇒
to survey the situation
- (tr) to examine carefully, as or as if to appraise value ⇒
to survey oneself in a mirror
- to plot a detailed map of (an area of land) by measuring or calculating distances and height
- British to inspect a building to determine its condition and value
- to examine a vessel thoroughly in order to determine its seaworthiness
- (tr) to run a statistical survey on (incomes, opinions, etc)
noun
- a comprehensive or general view ⇒
a survey of English literature
- a critical, detailed, and formal inspection ⇒
a survey of the nation's hospitals
- British an inspection of a building to determine its condition and value
- a report incorporating the results of such an inspection
- a body of surveyors
- an area surveyed
- statistics a random sample
Alternative Forms
surˈveyable adjectiveWord Origin
C15: from French surveoir, from sur-C15: from French from 1 + to see, from Latin + veoir to see, from Latin vidēreSynonyms
View thesaurus entry=
poll,
study,
research,
review,
inquiry,
investigation,
sampling,
opinion poll,
questionnaire,
census,
=
look over,
view,
scan,
examine,
observe,
contemplate,
supervise,
inspect,
eyeball,
scrutinize,
size up,
take stock of
eye up,
recce,
reconnoitre,
Translations
- British English:
survey
If you carry out a survey, you try to find out detailed information about a lot of different people or things, usually by asking people a series of questions.They conducted a survey to see how students study.ˈsɜːveɪ NOUN They conducted a survey to see how students study. - Spanish:
inspección
nf
- French:
enquête
nf
- German:
Umfrage
nf
- Chinese: 勘测 n
- Arabic: اِسْتِعْراض n
- Portuguese: estudo nm
- Russian: опрос nm
- Croatian: pregled nm
- Czech: průzkum nm
- Danish: rundspørge nutr
- Dutch: overzicht nnt
- Finnish: tutkimus n
- Greek: επισκόπηση nf
- Italian: sondaggio nm
- Japanese: 調査 n
- Korean: 조사 n
- Norwegian: spørreundersøkelse nm
- Polish: badanie nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: pesquisa nf
- European Spanish:
inspección
nf
- Swedish: undersökning nutr
- Thai: การสำรวจ n
- Turkish: inceleme n
- Vietnamese: cuộc điều tra n
Usage examples
Any damned fool on the coast knew she couldn't pass a survey , would never qualify for a certificate of seaworthiness.
, Cormorant (1994)And even when vendors do decide to commission a survey , buyers are getting their own ones done regardless, just to be sure.
Country Life (2004)Last year, a survey by the state Family Planning Commission found that one in five people had never heard of the disease.
Irish Times (2002)The survey echoed the bleak picture sketched by manufacturers across Europe.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Instead it used the survey to promote sales of its premium The Best range.
, SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets (2004)