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   Sur·vey

   verb

   • 1. (of a person or their eyes) look carefully and thoroughly at (someone or something), especially so as to appraise them: "her green eyes surveyed him coolly" Similar look atlook overtake a look atobserveviewcontemplateregardseegaze atstare ateyeget a bird's-eye view ofscrutinizeexamineinspectscanstudyconsiderreviewvetweigh uptake stock ofinformal:size upliterary:behold
   • 2. examine and record the area and features of (an area of land) so as to construct a map, plan, or description: "he surveyed the coasts of New Zealand"
   • 3. investigate the opinions or experience of (a group of people) by asking them questions: "95% of patients surveyed were satisfied with the health service"
   • ▪ investigate (behavior or opinions) by questioning a group of people: "the investigator surveyed the attitudes and beliefs held by residents" Similar interviewquestioncanvasspollcross-examineinvestigateresearchstudyprobesample

   noun

   • 1. a general view, examination, or description of someone or something: "the author provides a survey of the relevant literature" Similar studyconsiderationreviewoverviewscrutinyscrutinizationexaminationinspectionexplorationappraisalsynopsisoutlineoverall picture
   • ▪ an investigation of the opinions or experience of a group of people, based on a series of questions. Similar pollreviewinvestigationinquirystudyprobequestionnaireopinion pollsamplingcensuscross-examinationquizresearch
   • 2. an act of surveying an area of land: "the flight involved a detailed aerial survey of military bases"
   • ▪ a map, plan, or detailed description obtained by a survey.
   • ▪ a department carrying out the surveying of land: "the U.S. Geological Survey"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘examine and ascertain the condition of’): from Anglo-Norman French surveier, from medieval Latin supervidere, from super- ‘over’ + videre ‘to see’. The early sense of the noun (late 15th century) was ‘supervision’.

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