survey

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  1. transitive verb To examine or look at comprehensively.
  2. transitive verb To inspect carefully; scrutinize: "Two women were surveying the other people on the platform” (Thomas Wolfe). See Synonyms at see1.
  3. transitive verb 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.
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  1. Middle English surveien, from Old French surveeir, from Medieval Latin supervidēre : Latin super-, super- + Latin vidēre, to look; see weid- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also survay; from Middle English *surveyen, from Anglo-French *surveier, surveer, survoir, from Latin supervidere, overlook, oversee, from super, over, + videre, see: see supervise. Cf. purvey.
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