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How to pronounce survey in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms resume, sketch
Type of sum-up, summary
Type Words
Synonyms sight, view
Type of looking, looking at, look
Has types eyeful


his survey of the battlefield was limited.
Type Words
Synonyms appraise
Type of analyze, analyse, canvass, study, examine
Type Words
Synonyms go over, review
Type of inspect
Type Words
Synonyms study
Type of scrutiny, examination
Has types resurvey
Type Words
Synonyms follow, surveil
Verb group pursue, follow
Type Words
Type of examine, see
Has types overlook


He surveyed his new classmates.
Type Words
Type of examine, canvass, analyse, study, analyze
Has types poll, canvass
Derivation surveyor
Type Words
Type of work out, calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon
Has types triangulate
Derivation surveyor, surveying

Examples of survey

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Keating said she plans to survey parents about how the donation should be spent.
From the dailyherald.com
Consider a recent survey of 2,600 employees in 13 countries, conducted by Cisco.
From the forbes.com
Goldman commissioned an independent survey of its clients as part of its review.
From the omaha.com
According to a survey Lincoln is the second happiest city in the entire country.
From the omaha.com
Analysts in a Bloomberg survey estimated stocks would fall 2 billion cubic feet.
From the bloomberg.com
So how do we explain the levels of historical ignorance revealed by this survey?
From the newsweek.com
Analysts predict 60 cents, the average of seven estimates in a Bloomberg survey.
From the bloomberg.com
The unemployment rate, by contrast, is based on a smaller survey of individuals.
From the denverpost.com
Following its successful survey, WISE was put into hibernation in February 2011.
From the sciencedaily.com
More examples
  • A detailed critical inspection
  • Consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting"
  • Look over carefully or inspect; "He surveyed his new classmates"
  • Sketch: short descriptive summary (of events)
  • Surveil: keep under surveillance; "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing"
  • View: the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"
  • Surveying or land surveying is the technique and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them. ...
  • Statistical surveys are used to collect quantitative information about items in a population. Surveys of human populations and institutions are common in political polling and government, health, social science and marketing research. ...
  • A Survey is a book of fifty-two caricatures and humorous illustrations by British essayist, caricaturist and parodist Max Beerbohm. It was published in Britain in 1921 by William Heinemann and in the United States in the same year by Doubleday, Page & Company of New York.