Dictionary entry details
• SURVEY (noun)
Meaning:
A detailed critical inspection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
study; survey
Hypernyms ("survey" is a kind of...):
examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "survey"):
resurvey (a new survey or study)
Meaning:
Short descriptive summary (of events)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
resume; survey; sketch
Hypernyms ("survey" is a kind of...):
sum-up; summary (a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form)
Meaning:
The act of looking or seeing or observing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
survey; view; sight
Context examples:
he tried to get a better view of it / his survey of the battlefield was limited
Hypernyms ("survey" is a kind of...):
look; looking; looking at (the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "survey"):
eyeful (a full view; a good look)
• SURVEY (verb)
Meaning:
Consider in a comprehensive way
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
survey; appraise
Context example:
He appraised the situation carefully before acting
Hypernyms (to "survey" is one way to...):
analyse; analyze; canvas; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Look over in a comprehensively, inspect
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
He surveyed his new classmates
Hypernyms (to "survey" is one way to...):
examine; see (observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect)
"Survey" entails doing...:
look (perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "survey"):
overlook (watch over)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The customs agents survey the bags for drugs
Meaning:
Keep under surveillance
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
surveil; survey; follow
Context example:
The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to survey the prisoners
Meaning:
Hold a review (of troops)
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
go over; review; survey
Hypernyms (to "survey" is one way to...):
inspect (look over carefully)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Make a survey of; for statistical purposes
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "survey" is one way to...):
analyse; analyze; canvas; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "survey"):
canvas; canvass; poll (get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Plot a map of (land)
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "survey" is one way to...):
calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)
"Survey" entails doing...:
measure; quantify (express as a number or measure or quantity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "survey"):
triangulate (survey by triangulation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
