MEANING
1. To look over an area or scene as a whole.
2. To investigate a subject or population systematically, often through collected responses.
3. To measure and map an area or establish its boundaries or positions.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- survey a landscape
- survey a crowd
On the page
She surveyed the crowd before choosing a doorway.
From the landing he surveyed the arrangement of the room.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- survey
- Past tense
- surveyed
- Past participle
- surveyed
- Present participle
- surveying
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- survey
- Present continuous
- am/is/are surveying
- Present perfect
- have/has surveyed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been surveying
- Past
- surveyed
- Past continuous
- was/were surveying
- Past perfect
- had surveyed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been surveying
- Future
- will survey
- Future continuous
- will be surveying
- Future perfect
- will have surveyed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been surveying
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: survey; surveys; surveyed; surveyed; surveying Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: surveys.
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