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surveys

Variant of survey

transitive verb

  1. to examine for some specific purpose; inspect or consider carefully; review in detail
  2. to look at or consider, esp. in a general or comprehensive way; view
  3. to determine the location, form, or boundaries of (a tract of land) by measuring the lines and angles in accordance with the principles of geometry and trigonometry
  4. to make a survey of

intransitive verb

to survey land

noun pl. surveys

  1. a detailed study or inspection, as by gathering information through observations, questionnaires, etc. and analyzing it
  2. a general view; comprehensive study or examination: a survey of Italian art
    1. the process of surveying a tract of land
    2. a tract surveyed
    3. a plan or written description of this

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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