survey

Definitions of survey in various dictionaries:

noun - a detailed critical inspection

noun - short descriptive summary (of events)

noun - the act of looking or seeing or observing

verb - consider in a comprehensive way

verb - look over carefully or inspect

verb - keep under surveillance

verb - hold a review (of troops)

verb - make a survey of

verb - plot a map of (land)

To examine or look at in a comprehensive way.

To inspect carefully; scrutinize: “Two women were surveying the other people on the platform” (Thomas Wolfe).

To determine the boundaries, area, or elevations of (land or structures on the earth’s surface) by means of measuring angles and distances, using the techniques of geometry and trigonometry.

To inspect and determine the structural condition of (a building).

To conduct a statistical survey on.

To range one’s gaze leisurely over.

A detailed inspection or investigation.

A general or comprehensive view.

The process of surveying.

A report on or map of what has been surveyed.

verb - to determine the boundaries, area, or elevations of by measuring angles and distances