surveyn.
/ˈsəːveɪ/, /səˈveɪ/, U.S. /ˈsərˌveɪ/ The action, or an act, of surveying; the object or result of this.† 2. Oversight, supervision, superintendence.
1.
a. The act of viewing, examining, or inspecting in detail, esp. for some specific purpose; usually spec. a formal or official inspection of the particulars of something, e.g. of an estate, of a ship or its stores, of the administration of an office, etc.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun]
surveyancec1386
surveying1467
survey1548
view1569
reviewing1573
review1604
traverse1658
retrospection1661
surveyala1677
reconnaissance1815
reconnoissance1824
look-see1876
look-over1883
reconnoitre1891
poke round1901
traversal1903
recce1941
tour d'horizon1952
1548 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 203 The Certyfycath of the Suruey of alle the late Collagys, Chauntryes, [etc.].
a1570 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 407 Vpon which survey it will appere where and in whome the abuse is.
1629 Vse of Law 8 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light A Court, whereunto the people of euery Hundred, should bee assembled twice a yeare for surueigh of Pledges.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 97 Having perceiv'd my Bread had been low a great while, now I took a Survey of it, and reduc'd myself to one Bisket-cake a Day.
1763 Brit. Mag. 4 175 Compounders neglecting to..pay their composition-money, shall be charged with the duty, and become liable to a survey.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Survey, an examination made by several naval officers into the state or condition of the provisions, or stores belonging to a ship, or fleet of men of war.
1772 Jacob's Law Dict. (ed. 9) On the falling of an estate to a new lord,..a court of survey is generally held.
1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames vi. 237 The Regular Perambulations of the Police Boats in their daily and nightly surveys of the River.
1802 in C. Durnford & E. H. East Rep. Cases Court King's Bench (1808) IV. 590 He had had a survey on her [sc. the ship] on account of her bad character.
1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 145 Each gang of men accustomed to work together, selects one of their number to represent and act for them on the day appointed for the ‘setting’ or ‘survey’.
1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xxv. 597 James now directed a minute survey of that portion of Ralegh's fleet.
b. transferred. A written statement or description embodying the result of such examination.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > survey > [noun] > survey as result of inspection or examination
perambulation1576
surview1576
survey1613
1613 in Scott. Hist. Rev. Oct. (1910) 12 One ancient survey..which..Denton restored againe, but the same is since embezelled.
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ ii. xiv. 18 I had spare hours to couch in writing a survay of these Countreys.
1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 82 In the survey or Breviarie of the dignities of the East onely three Provinces are reckoned under the Proconsul of Asia.
1801 Farmer's Mag. Apr. 192 Not above thirty lines of the Survey are occupied upon this subject.
1808 E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench The survey which accompanied the letter gave the ship a good character.
1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxii. 6 As an historical monument, the value of the Domesday Survey cannot be overrated.
c. English regional (south-western). A kind of auction for the sale of farms: see quot. 1796.
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society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > [noun] > auction > auction of specific things
lyth-coop1681
survey1725
book auction1769
Negro auction1833
Magic Million1986
1725 Farley's Exeter Jrnl. 28 May 4 On Thursday..will be held a Survey at the House of William Haydon..for sale of the Inheritance of divers Messuages.
1796 W. Marshall Rural Econ. W. Eng. I. 71 The disposal of farms for three lives is generally by what are provincially termed surveys; a species of auction; at which candidates bid for the priority of refusal, rather than for the thing itself.
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d. ‘A district for the collection of the customs, under the inspection and authority of a particular officer. U.S.’ (Cent. Dict. 1891).
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society > authority > control > [noun] > superintendence
oversighta1400
surviewc1421
supervisionc1475
supervisorship1482
survey1535
surveying1538
superintendence1559
superintendency1579
superinspection1617
supervising1634
intendment1638
supravision1642
surintendency1650
supervisal1652
supervisure1690
intendancy1727
surintendence1744
supervisance1816
overseering1854
overseeing1890
1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 27 § 5 All hereditamentes apperteynyng..to any the said Monasteries..shalbe in the order survey and gouernaunce of the said Courte.
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 66 He regulated the Courts of justice under his survey.
1654 G. Goddard in T. Burton Diary (1828) (modernized text) I. Introd. p. lxv They had the survey, and, perhaps, advice in all.
3.
a. The, or an, act of looking at something as a whole, or from a commanding position; a general or comprehensive view or look.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > survey
overlook1584
survey1589
coup d'œil1739
periscope1825
eye sweep1833
oversight1889
1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. E2 Taking her eye from one particular obiect, she sent it abroad to make generall suruey of their countrey demeanours.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 16 He lost a wife, Whose beauty did astonish the suruey Of richest eies. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 ccxxii. 56 He..O'r-looks the neighbours with a wide survey.
1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xv. 492 Great Hector view'd him with a sad Survey, As stretch'd in Dust before the Stern he lay.
1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 42 I had now time to look round, and, on taking a survey of the company, was not sorry to recognise our old acquaintance.
1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son liii. 532 After a moment's survey of her face.
1871 C. S. Calverley Verses & Transl. (ed. 4) 74 Then to my whole [sc. pier-glass] he made his way; Took one long lingering survey; And softly, as he stole away, Remarked, ‘By Jove, a bird!’
b. concrete. That which is thus viewed; a view, prospect, scene; †a delineation of this, a ‘view’, picture (obsolete).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > landscape-painting > a landscape or view
landscape1598
prospective1638
prospect1656
view1662
surveya1684
scenery1814
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > view or scenery
regardc1500
prospect1573
discovery1587
prospective1599
view1606
perspective1612
landscape?a1645
vista1657
coup d'œil1739
scape1773
survey1821
outlook1828
eyeshot1860
outscape1868
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1666 (1955) III. 463 I presented his Majestie with a Survey of the ruines, and a Plot for a new Citty.
1821 J. Baillie Lady G. Baillie in Metrical Legends 8 Delighted with the fair survey.
1844 E. B. Browning Lost Bower x In childhood, little prized I That fair walk and far survey.
1853 J. Phillips Rivers, Mountains, & Sea-coast Yorks. ii. 17 Overlooking with a magnificent survey the vale of Eden.
4. figurative. A comprehensive mental view, or (usually) literary examination, discussion, or description, of something.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > survey > [noun]
oversight1550
surveya1568
insight1581
theoric1588
view1604
compact1644
grand tour1793
overview1916
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 53 Sturmius is he, out of whom, the trew suruey and whole workemanship is..to be learned.
1593 R. Bancroft (title) A svrvay of the pretended holy discipline.
1598 Stow (title) A Svrvay of London. Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne estate, and description of that Citie.
1598 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. Pref. sig. *5v Let vs take a sleight suruey of our traffiques and negotiations in former ages.
1635 D. Person (title) Varieties; or, a svrveigh of rare and excellent matters, necessary and delectable for all sorts of persons.
1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. x. 187 It may set us upon a more frequent and strict Survey and Review of our own Character and Behaviour.
1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xvii. §26 Upon taking a survey of the various possible modes of punishment.
1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece II. xi. 1 We have already taken a survey of the legends relating to the origin of the people of Attica.
1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 125 The most critical questions, which require comprehensive survey, cool decision, and impartial judgment.
5. in extended use.1849 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (ed. 8) xxxvii. 434 Before he went to the Cape of Good Hope, in order to complete the survey of the heavens.
a. The process (†or art) of surveying a tract of ground, coastline, or any part of the earth's surface; the determination of its form, extent, and other particulars, so as to be able to delineate or describe it accurately and in detail; also, a plan or description thus obtained; a body of persons or a department engaged in such work.ordnance survey: see Ordnance Survey n. at ordnance n. Compounds 2.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun]
surveying1551
geodesy1570
survey1610
geodetics1677
land-surveying1771
gromatics1873
the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > map > [noun] > plan or scheme
survey1610
plant1624
plane1639
scheme1649
field plot1659
plan1700
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. i. 1 Suruey in generall is an Art wherby the view and trutinate intimation of a subiect, from Center to Circumference is rectified. The Suruey of Possessions..is the Arts by which their Graphicall Description is particularized.
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 201 Geometry, it may be, teacheth me Wisdome, not to lose a Pearch of my many Acres, through imperfect Survey.
1765 Museum Rusticum 5 101 To any person..who shall make an accurate survey of any county, upon the scale of one inch to a mile.
1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. p. xxii Thence it is, that so few Surveys have been continued beyond the Extent of a large Bay, or River.
1841 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 4 402/1 The accurate survey of the river Thames, from Staines to Yanklet-creek..has been just completed.
1856 Orr's Circle Sci., Mech. Philos. 260 For drawings of land-surveys, it is usual to employ chains as units of measurement.
1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) Such surveys or military sketches are furnished by the topographical branch of the intelligence department.
1879 C. C. King in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 92/1 How, with very portable instruments, the survey of a small area is conducted.
b. A systematic collection and analysis of data relating to the attitudes, living conditions, opinions, etc., of a population, usually taken from a representative sample of the latter; frequently = poll n.1 8d. Also preceded by a defining word, as (public) opinion survey, social survey: see under the first element.
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society > society and the community > study of society > [noun] > theories or methods of analysis
reflexivity1662
social statics1843
social causation1848
sociography1881
functionalism1904
class analysis1919
culturalism1919
mass observation1920
survey1927
participant observation1933
participant observing1933
Verstehen1934
panel technique1938
MO1939
ahistoricism1940
historicism1940
technologism1940
action research1945
metasociology1950
pattern variable1951
structural functionalism1951
structuralism1951
panel analysis1955
cliometrics1960
unilinearism1964
technology assessment1966
symbolic interactionism1969
modernization theory1972
processualism1972
postcolonialism1974
decontextualization1976
decontextualizing1980
structurism1989
the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > opinion poll
poll1902
survey1927
opinionnaire1939
opinion poll1939
opinion survey1939
Gallup poll1940
1927 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 33 424 (title) The social survey of Tyneside: an English regional social survey.
1935 Fortune July 65 (heading) Fortune applies to factual journalism the technique of the commercial survey.
1935 Fortune July 66/2 Fortune will present the results of independent surveys of national scope scientifically conducted.
1935 Fortune July 66/1 It seems obvious that the survey technique is not only as well adapted to journalistic use as to other uses but considerably better adapted.
1959 J. W. Krutch Human Nature & Human Condition vii. 127 One survey made by the Gallup Poll may reveal that 61 per cent of all adults could not remember having read one book during the year just passed.
1965 M. Frayn Tin Men xiii. 69 The crash survey showed that people were not interested in reading about road crashes unless there were at least ten dead.
1969 Times 7 Jan. 8/6 Both science and arts students believe in magic to an equal extent, according to a survey carried out at Ghana University.
1979 Church Times 9 Mar. 2/2 A nationally representative sample of 956 people was interviewed for the survey.
Compounds
C1. attributive (chiefly in senses 4, 5).
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [adjective]
geodetical1610
gromatical1610
survey1610
agrimensoriala1833
gromatic1873
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > survey > [adjective]
survey1978
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 205 We find in the said survey-booke of his [sc. Domesday], The King had in this Citie three hundred houses.
1772 Regul. H.M. Service at Sea 19 He [sc. a Captain or Commander] is to demand from the Clerk of the Survey, a Survey-Book, with an Inventory of the Stores.
1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Proc. Parl. 16/2 A reduction of survey charges.
1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 130 Great..service has been rendered in the survey department by officers of the Indian navy.
1890 L. C. D'Oyle Notches Rough Edge Life 52 I saw that it was a survey-party by their instruments.
1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 13 Apr. 14/2 An advertisement was published yesterday..calling for tenders for the purchase of the old survey ship, which formerly served in the war fleets.
1930 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs 1st Ser. ix. 224 This was in 1852 when a few wooden buildings..were all there was of Christchurch, except survey pegs.
1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 47/1 Survey techniques inevitably throw up images of normalcy.
1964 P. Meadows in I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 450 Others exploited survey-questionnaire methods. Indeed, industrial society became in the 'thirties the land of the Gallup Poll—‘Galluputia’.
1967 J. M. Argyle Psychol. Interpersonal Behaviour ix. 151 In fact the reliability of survey interviews is not very high.
1978 Notes & Queries Feb. 82/1 Brief or survey treatment of major authors.
C2.
survey course n. U.S. an introductory academic course in which the significant features of a wide subject area are studied.
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society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [noun] > class or course > types of
summer session1594
evening class1762
summer school1793
training course1822
shop class1844
elective1850
optional1855
night class1870
correspondence class1876
Chautauqua1884
correspondence course1902
gut1902
holiday course1906
shop1912
pud1917
training seminar1917
film school1929
day school1931
refresher1939
farm shop1941
survey course1941
weekend course1944
crash programme1947
sandwich course1955
thick sandwich1962
module1966
bird course1975
1941 C. Fadiman Reading I've Liked (1946) p. xxii My brother, five years my senior and a student at Columbia College, was at the time taking a conventional survey course that used a sound standard anthology.
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surveyv.
/səˈveɪ/, /ˈsəːveɪ/, U.S. /sərˈveɪ/ 1. transitive. To examine and ascertain the condition, situation, or value of, formally or officially, e.g. the boundaries, tenure, value, etc. of an estate, a building or structure, accounts, or the like; more widely, to have the oversight of, supervise. spec., to examine the condition of a property on behalf of its prospective buyer.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > examine or inspect
through-lookc1175
spyc1325
to see overc1475
to see over ——1490
view1544
overview1549
sight1556
pervise1577
speculate1616
study1616
to have (also take) a look1673
to have a look1725
to eye over1795
scan1798
search1811
survey1860
skin1876
1467–8 [implied in: Rolls of Parl. V. 598/2 The surveying aswell of the Veerte as of the Venyson of oure Forest. (at surveying n. 1)].
1472–5 Rolls of Parl. VI. 159/1 To survey and kepe the Waters and grete Ryvers there,..and to doo due execution by the said Statutes,..aswell by their survew,..as by enquestes therof to be taken.
1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 13 §3 Accomptes.. to be taken veyed surveyede & comtrolled by [etc.].
1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng Prol. sig. B2 Howe all these maners..& tenementes shulde be extended, surueyed, butted, bounded, and valued.
a1570 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 407 Suche..surveiours..as..will survey the office and the whole charge therof.
1601 F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edward II (1876) §14. 13 The fruit which the purveiour..shal provide..shalbe surveied bi the same clarke before any be spent.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iv. 1 I am come to suruey the Tower this day; Since Henries death, I feare there is Conueyance. View more context for this quotation
1625 in S. R. Gardiner Documents Impeachm. Duke of Buckingham (1889) 31 To survey al the bils of lading and to compare al the merchants marks.
1709 Act 8 Anne c. 5 §18 All Makers of Candles shall..keep all the Candles..which shall not have been surveyed..separate..from all other their Candles which shall have been surveyed.
1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 5 Sept. (1954) III. 342 It is a better house than I care to have..moreover, the place must be surveyed by a builder before we can come to a final decision.
1880 Times 17 Dec. 5/6 The Persian Monarch, st., is reported..to be leaking slightly... She will be surveyed.
2. To determine the form, extent, and situation of the parts of (a tract of ground, or any portion of the earth's surface) by linear and angular measurements, so as to construct a map, plan, or detailed description of it. Also absol.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > survey [verb (transitive)]
survey1550
1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Eiv A Manne that had landes..Surueyed the same and lette it out deare.
1587 Lady Stafford in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 208 The woods were seen and surveighed by him.., so that he knew the number of acres.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 22 The Romans measured or surveyed all these places with the greatest care.
1846 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 506/1 I was out surveying the whole morning.
1879 C. C. King in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 93/2 Let us assume..that the surveyor having walked over the area he intends to survey..has..selected..a somewhat central position, on which to measure his base.
3. To look carefully into or through; to view in detail; to examine, inspect, scrutinize; to explore (a country). Now rare or Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (transitive)]
visit1338
to take a (also the) view of1476
overreachc1540
review1588
survey1592
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] > search (a place) > explore or search through
fand?c1225
visit1338
discoverc1440
explorate?1549
explore1577
survey1592
exquire1607
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. L2 When hee comes in to suruey his wares.
1613 T. Campion Songs of Mourning sig. A2v His care had beene Suruaying India, and implanting there The knowledge of that God which hee did feare.
a1631 J. Donne Dampe in Poems i When I am dead..my friends curiositie Will have me cut up to survay each part.
1658 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 82 To survey all my letters and actions..with a most rigid and censorious eye.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1669 (1955) III. 537 To Lond: spending almost the intire day in surveying what progresse was made in rebuilding the ruinous Citty.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 65 All the while they were gone, my Landlord and I spent in surveying the Country, and viewing his Plantation.
1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 134 He took the piece he was drawing, and, holding it behind the light, to survey it, [etc.].
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues IV. 279 At all seasons of the year..let them [sc. wardens] survey minutely the whole country,..acquiring a perfect knowledge of every locality.
4. absolute.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 555 Round he surveys, and well might, where he stood So high above the circling Canopie Of Nights extended shade. View more context for this quotationabsolute.1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 121 Here was a scene that spoke a history. Let me survey.† c. To observe, perceive, see. Obsolete. rare.
a. To look at from, or as from, a height or commanding position; to take a broad, general, or comprehensive view of; to view or examine in its whole extent.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > survey
surveyc1595
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > survey
supervidec1475
to look about ——1489
lustre1541
supervise1541
surview1567
surveyc1595
lustrate1623
resurvey1726
rake1848
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxii. 26 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 90 From sea to sea He shall survey All kingdoms as his own.
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) x. 128 I..thence suruaid From out a loftie watch towre..The Countrie round about.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 268 My self I then perus'd, and Limb by Limb Survey'd . View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 106 Often he turns his Eyes, and, with a Groan, Surveys the pleasing Kingdoms, once his own. View more context for this quotation
1782 W. Cowper Verses by A. Selkirk i I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute.
1828 C. Lamb Guy Faux in Elia 2nd Ser. 142 Two persons..are intently surveying a sort of speculum, or magic mirror, which stands upon a pedestal.
1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley iii. 38 You..like to survey the ranks of slaves under you.
1873 E. E. Hale In his Name vi. 48 He surveyed the whole figure of the rider.
b. figurative. To take a comprehensive mental view of; to consider or contemplate as a whole.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] > view as whole
surview1567
viewa1586
surveya1596
a1596 Sir Thomas More (1911) iv. v. 65 Lets now suruaye our state.
1630 W. Prynne Anti-Arminianisme 126 Suruay we all the internall, all the externall meanes of grace.
a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1673) i. 253 If we surveigh and sum up all the forces which the Divil, Flesh, World, are able to raise.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 453. ¶5 When all thy Mercies, O my God, My rising Soul surveys.
1749 S. Johnson Vanity Human Wishes 2 Let Observation with extensive View, Survey Mankind from China to Peru.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 259 He surveyed the elements of mythology,..which lay before him.
1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. Prol. 17 In a short time they were able to rise to their feet and survey the situation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)]
seeOE
to see with (also at) eyeOE
yseeOE
bihowec1000
ofseeOE
thorough-seeOE
beholdc1175
bihedec1275
heedc1275
witec1320
conceivea1398
observe1560
view?1570
eye1582
oculate1609
survey1615
snilch1676
deek1825
peep1954
1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 178 Bid them haue recourse vnto their glasse, And there surueigh how swiftly time doth passe.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. ii. 31 The Norweyan Lord, surueying vantage, With..new supplyes of men, Began a fresh assault.
5. Also /ˈsɜːveɪ/. To carry out a survey (survey n. 5b) of (a group of people, or its beliefs, living conditions, etc.).
/ˈsɜːveɪ/. To carry out a survey (survey n. 5b) of (a group of people, or its beliefs, living conditions, etc.).ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > study of society > study society [verb (transitive)] > study or analyse by specific method
survey1953
mass-observe1970
decontextualize1977
1953 F. Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth Space Merchants (1955) iii. 34 Survey the book-buyers, the repeat-viewers.
1958 J. M. Argyle Relig. Behaviour iv. 31 Beliefs have also been repeatedly surveyed by one or two investigators.
1958 J. M. Argyle Relig. Behaviour vi. 63 Kuhlen and Arnold..surveyed over 500 children grouped around the ages of 12, 15 and 18.
Derivatives
surveyed adj. /-ˈveɪd/
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [adjective] > surveyed
surveyed1890
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 251 A surveyed township.
1895 Daily News 4 Oct. 7/3 The only surveyed block now obtainable in that mine.
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