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If you carry out a s_____, you try to find out detailed information about a lot of different people or things, usually by asking people a series of questions .If you carry out a survey, you try to find out detailed information about a lot of different people or things, usually by asking people a series of questions .
The council conducted a survey of the uses to which farm buildings are put.
According to the survey, overall world trade has also slackened.
word survey
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If you carry out a survey, you try to find out detailed information about a lot of different people or things, usually by asking people a series of questions .
The council conducted a survey of the uses to which farm buildings are put.
According to the survey, overall world trade has also slackened.
If you give something a brief survey or a quick survey, you look at or consider all of it quickly, but not in detail.
...a brief survey of some important books on astrology.
He sniffed the perfume she wore, then gave her a quick survey.
If someone carries out a survey of an area of land, they examine it and measure it, usually in order to make a map of it.
...the organizer of the geological survey of India.
The scientists conducted two aerial surveys followed by two ground surveys.
A survey is a careful examination of the condition and structure of a house, usually carried out in order to give information to a person who wants to buy it.
...a structural survey undertaken by a qualified surveyor.
verb
If you survey a number of people, companies, or organizations, you try to find out information about their opinions or behaviour, usually by asking them a series of questions.
Business Development Advisers surveyed 211 companies for the report.
Only 18 percent of those surveyed opposed the idea.
If you survey something, you look at or consider the whole of it carefully.
He pushed himself to his feet and surveyed the room.
He surveys American politics with a conservative world view.
If someone surveys an area of land, they examine it and measure it, usually in order to make a map of it.
The council commissioned geological experts to survey the cliffs.
...data relating to astronomy, astrology, surveying and navigation.
...surveying equipment.
If someone surveys a house, they examine it carefully and report on its structure, usually in order to give advice to a person who is thinking of buying it.
...the people who surveyed the house for the mortgage.
Jobs available include surveying, electrical work, and plumbing.
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