Noun | 1. | survey - a detailed critical inspection Synonyms: study |
2. | ![]() | |
3. | survey - the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited" | |
Verb | 1. | survey - consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting" Synonyms: appraise |
2. | survey - look over in a comprehensively, inspect; "He surveyed his new classmates" | |
3. | survey - keep under surveillance; "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing" | |
4. | survey - hold a review (of troops) | |
5. | survey - make a survey of; for statistical purposes | |
6. | survey - plot a map of (land) |
SURVEY, The act by which the quantity of a piece of land is ascertained; the
paper containing a statement of the courses, distances, and quantity of
land, is also called a survey.
2. A survey made by authority of law and duly returned into the land
office, is a matter of record, and of equal dignity with the patent. 3
Marsh. 226; 2 J. J. Marsh, 160. See 3 Greenleaf, 126; 5 Greenleaf, 24; 14
Mass. 149 1 Harr. & John. 20 1 1 Overt. 199; 1 Dev. & Bat. 76.
3. By survey is also understood an examination; as, a survey has been
made of your house, and now the insurance company will insure it.