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📝 An initial survey 🔍 To check beforehand
to presurvey

to presurvey

6.2
To ask people questions or check a place before a main project
  • verb
: realizar una encuesta previa
  • Before the official count, researchers presurveyed the area to plan their approach.

Examples

  • It is important to presurvey the building to ensure safety for all workers.

  • The team will presurvey the land to identify any potential issues before starting the project.

  • We need to presurvey the site before construction begins.

  • The team presurveyed the area last week.

  • The team decided to presurvey the area for potential construction before starting the main project.

  • Before launching the new app, the developers will presurvey user feedback to ensure it meets expectations.

  • To avoid any issues, they presurveyed the location prior to the festival to assess the necessary preparations.

How Thorough

to investigate
∞ 2.8
to survey
83 3.2
to presurvey
6.2
to check
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

presurvey infinitive
presurveyed past
presurveyed past participle
presurveying present participle
presurveys third person singular

Morphology

presurvey = survey (transparent) = pre + survey

The verb clearly means to survey in advance of a later stage.

Etymology

The verb presurvey comes from pre- meaning 'before' and survey meaning 'to look over' or 'check'. So to presurvey is to do a quick check before the main survey or project.