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surveying   (TTS Sound)

The noun surveying has 1 sense

• surveying -- (the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map; "he studied surveying at college")

The verb survey has 6 senses

• survey, appraise -- (consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting")


• survey -- (look over carefully or inspect; "He surveyed his new classmates")


• surveil, follow, survey -- (keep under surveillance; "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing")


• review, go over, survey -- (hold a review (of troops))


• survey -- (make a survey of; for statistical purposes)


• survey -- (plot a map of (land))