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[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: surveeir 'to look over', from sur- ( SURCHARGE) + veeir 'to see']
[usually passive] to ask a large number of people questions in order to find out their attitudes or opinions
::Of the 100 companies surveyed, 10 per cent had a turnover of ¡ê50m to ¡ê99m.
to look at or consider someone or something carefully, especially in order to form an opinion about them
::She turned to survey her daughter's pale face.
::They got out of the car to survey the damage.
BrE to examine the condition of a house or other building and make a report on it, especially for people who want to buy it
to examine and measure an area of land and record the details on a map
::There were many voyages to survey the ocean depths in the nineteenth century.