survey [ˈsɚˌveɪ]

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¹ survey noun

• an activity in which many people are asked a question or a series of questions in order to gather information about what most people do or think about something : poll
• an act of studying something in order to make a judgment about it
• an act of measuring and examining an area of land

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² survey verb

• to ask (many people) a question or a series of questions in order to gather information about what most people do or think about something
• to look at and examine all parts of (something)
• to measure and examine (an area of land)