See Also: SURVEY(law)
survey(2)(dictionary)
survey(1)(dictionary)
survey course(dictionary)
Survey(medicine)
horizontal survey(medicine)
Ordnance Survey map(dictionary)
Ordnance Survey, the(dictionary)
Survey - Sailing(gambling)
survey 1, noun(dictionary)

survey(1) (iou)



survey noun. L15.
[from the verb.]
Oversight, supervision, superintendence. L15-M17.
The action or an act of surveying something; (an) examination, (an) inspection; a comprehensive look; an appraising look. M16.
M. Keane 'You're looking better'..she gave him a kind survey. Social History of Medicine Van Wiggen provides a survey of..changes in legislation between 1865 and 1940.
b. A written statement embodying the result of an inspection etc. E17.
E. A. Freeman The value of the Domesday Survey cannot be overstated.
c. A view, a prospect, a scene. L17.
A comprehensive discussion, description, or mental view of something. M16.
Times A survey of..damage done on English oyster beds..has just been concluded.
The process or (formerly) the art of surveying land; a map, plan, or description so obtained; a body of people or a department engaged in such work. E17.
Ordnance Survey: see ORDNANCE. SEISMIC survey. TRIGONOMETRICAL survey.
A systematic collection and analysis of data relating to the opinions, habits, etc., of a population or the statistics of a thing, usu. taken from a representative sample; a poll. E20.
social survey: see SOCIAL adjective.
Holiday Which? In our survey of flights within the UK, we compared the airlines with each other.
Comb.: survey course N. Amer. an introductory academic course which gives a broad overview (esp. historical) of one subject.