Definition of survey

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Survey (v. t.) To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire..

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Surveyorship :: Surveyor (n.) In the United States, an officer whose duties include the various measures to be taken for ascertaining the quantity, condition, and value of merchandise brought into a port..
Outkeeper :: Outkeeper (n.) An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
Glance :: Glance (n.) A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.
Resurvey :: Resurvey (n.) A second or new survey.
Bone :: Bone (v. t.) To sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying..
Chorometry :: Chorometry (n.) The art of surveying a region or district.
Perambulation :: Perambulation (n.) An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc..
Reconnaissance :: Reconnaissance (n.) An examination or survey of a region in reference to its general geological character.
Camp :: Camp (n.) The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc..
Reconnaissance :: Reconnaissance (n.) The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey.
Cairn :: Cairn (n.) A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc..
Survey :: Survey (n.) The act of surveying; a general view, as from above..
Reconnaissance :: Reconnaissance (n.) An examination of a region as to its general natural features, preparatory to a more particular survey for the purposes of triangulation, or of determining the location of a public work..
Map :: Map (v. t.) To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business..
Perambulate :: Perambulate (v. t.) To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A line surveyed across a plot of ground.
Surveying :: Surveyed (imp. & p. p.) of Surve.
Geodetical :: Geodetical (a.) Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
Odometer :: Odometer (n.) An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed..
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