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to survey

to survey

22 4.4
To measure land to find its exact borders and features
  • verb
  • /ˈsɜrˌveɪ/
  • Specialized
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  • He helped us survey the property lines.
  • survey an area
  • survey a site
  • survey the boundary

One question you could ask and that is how was the surveying of the roads done?

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Examples

  • I survey land for building highways, bridges and things like that.

    My Life Without Me (2003)

  • I'm surveying the property.

    Gas (2004)

  • But but they certainly did also survey and lay out new roads.

  • I go to survey the terrain in advance of conquest.

    The Pirate (1948)

  • They will survey and map the premises.

    Dolan's Cadillac (2009)

  • As he got out of the PET, he surveyed the area and their situation.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • But Moses was unsure, so he sent his spies into that land, to survey it.

    Cowboys & Aliens (2011)

  • Yeah, I have surveyed this area with Professor Cheng before.

    Hidden Strike (2023)

  • We can survey dams and reservoirs, tell them one's gonna burst.

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

  • Before starting the construction project, the team will survey the land to ensure accurate measurements.

Synonyms

to map
vsto survey
30 2.9

To make a drawing that shows a place's shape, roads, and towns

focus on precise measurement of boundaries and features
to plot
vsto survey
24 3.6

To map land to show its boundaries for building

focus on measuring land precisely and mapping boundaries and features

Compounds

exploratory survey
  • Specialized
4.0

A short first study that collects basic information before a larger study

Ordnance Survey
4.4

A government group that makes detailed maps of Great Britain

survey mile
  • Specialized
7.5

A U.S. measure of distance equal to 1,609.347 meters used in land surveys

How Detailed

to survey
  • Specialized
22 4.4
to measure
700 1.0

Surface Forms

survey infinitive
surveyed past
surveyed past participle
surveying present participle
surveys third person singular

Etymology

Survey comes from the parts super- 'over' and videre 'to see', meaning to 'look over' an area. Long ago, people who measured land would walk and 'look over' the ground to map it, and that is why to survey land now means to measure and map it.