survey

Nouns

  • (n) a detailed critical inspection study,
  • (n) short descriptive summary (of events) resume, sketch,
  • (n) the act of looking or seeing or observing
    • he tried to get a better view of it
    • his survey of the battlefield was limited
    view, sight,

Verbs

  • (v) consider in a comprehensive way
    • He appraised the situation carefully before acting
    appraise,
  • (v) look over carefully or inspect
    • He surveyed his new classmates
  • (v) keep under surveillance
    • The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing
    surveil, follow,
  • (v) hold a review (of troops) go over, review,
  • (v) make a survey of; for statistical purposes
  • (v) plot a map of (land)

Synonyms

study appraise resume sketch surveil follow view sight go over review

Words of close approximity

surveying surveying instrument survey mile surveyor surveyor's instrument surveyor's level