survey
• verb /s rvay/ 1 look carefully and thoroughly at. 2 examine and record the features of (an area of land) to produce a map or description. 3 Brit. examine and report on the condition of (a building), especially for a prospective buyer. 4 conduct a survey among (a group of people). • noun /survay/ 1 a general view, examination, or description. 2 an investigation of the opinions or experience of a group of people, based on a series of questions. 3 an act of surveying. 4 a map or report obtained by surveying. — ORIGIN Old French surveier, from Latin super- ‘over’ + videre ‘to see’.
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