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survey
1. To overlook; view at large, as from a commanding position; take a comprehensive view of.
2. To oversee; view with a scrutinizing eye; examine; scrutinize.
3. To inspect or examine with reference to situation, condition, and value; inspect carefully: as, to survey a building to determine its value, etc.
4. To see; perceive; observe.
noun
1. A detailed inspection or investigation.
2. A gathering of a sample of data or opinions considered to be representative of a whole.
3. A general or comprehensive view.
4. A report on or map of what has been surveyed.
5. An administrative agency charged with the responsibility of surveying: the U.S. Geological Survey.
verb
1. To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.
2. To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
3. To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire.
4. To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurements, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry; as, to survey land or a coast.
5. To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same.
verb-intransitive
1. To make a survey.
verb-transitive
1. Chiefly British To inspect and determine the structural condition of (a building).
2. To conduct a statistical survey on.
3. To examine or look at comprehensively.
4. To inspect carefully; scrutinize: "Two women were surveying the other people on the platform” ( Thomas Wolfe). See Synonyms at see1.
5. To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook.
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survey | 12 |
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es | 2 |
er | 2 |
ye | 5 |
re | 2 |
us | 2 |
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yes | 6 |
use | 3 |
sue | 3 |
sev | 6 |
ser | 3 |
ers | 3 |
res | 3 |
rye | 6 |
rue | 3 |
rev | 6 |
ryu | 6 |
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suer | 4 |
eruv | 7 |
very | 10 |
user | 4 |
sure | 4 |
ryus | 7 |
ryes | 7 |
ruse | 4 |
rues | 4 |
revs | 7 |
5 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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eruvs | 8 |
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survey | 12 |