resurvey
- noun
- /ˌriːˈsɜːrveɪ/
- However, after a cooler-than-normal summer of record precipitation and flooding, only 66 percent of the respondents in the late November 1993 resurvey expressed confidence that they could continue another year with weather conditions like those experienced in 1993.
Examples
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In the 10% resurvey, 83 randomly selected houses were visited.
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Such cases are particularly troublesome because resurveys for retrospective official records bear dates that some researchers have mistaken for those of their original establishment.
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In the 10% cross-checking resurvey, the majority of the records were found to be correct.
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The 1985 resurvey of TMI area residents was expanded to include an assessment of coping style.
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The resurveyed households probably would have remembered if they had pumped their tanks over the period between surveys, which immediately preceded the resurvey question.
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Residents of Middletown, Pennsylvania (N = 108) were interviewed in a resurvey of respondents following the reopening of TMI Unit I in October 1985.
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Delayed townsite surveys and resurveys (events 6 and 7) could occur belatedly when early county government was barely functioning, or when the proprietor procrastinated, or both.
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However, resurveys of these sites, starting in the 1990s, have documented only old evidence of pikas, suggesting extirpation (Beever et al. 2011 App. V, Millar et al. 2014).
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In the latest resurvey, we found that many participants had changed their opinions since the last study.
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The resurvey aimed to verify the accuracy of the previous results obtained from the community.
Synonyms
A new check to see if something is still right after time or change
The act of looking again at something to decide how important it is
A second test taken after the first to check or improve results
Looking at something again to judge its importance or quality
A second check of something to find mistakes or missing details
A second check of a place or thing to make sure it meets standards
A new look at something to find new facts or evidence
A repeated check to make sure it is correct
Checking something again to confirm earlier size or amount
A second check of a file or barcode with a machine to get clearer results
An extra look at information to check earlier results
A decision made again after someone reviews it
Looking at something again to check it
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Etymology
The word resurvey comes from re- 'again' and survey 'to look over', as in 'view'. So a resurvey is a new survey done to check or update earlier results.