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survey
/səˈveɪ/ verb [T]Definition
EXAMINE › to look at or examine something carefully: I got out of the car to survey the damage.
QUESTION › to ask people questions in order to find out about their opinions or behaviour: 75% of midwives surveyed were in favour of home births.
LAND › to measure and record the details of an area of land
BUILDING UK › to examine the structure of a building in order to find out if there is anything wrong with it
(Definition of survey verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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