Noun

Singular survey

Plural surveys

survey (plural surveys)

1. The act of surveying; a general view, as from above.

   "Under his proud survey the city lies." -Sir John Denham.

2. A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of all the parts or particulars of a thing, with a design to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality; as, a survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of roads and bridges; a survey of buildings.
3. The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of, as any part of the earth's surface, whether land or water; also, a measured plan and description of any portion of country, or of a road or line through it.

Synonyms

• (act of surveying): prospect
• (particular view): examination, retrospect
• (finding the particulars of a place): poll, review

Survey

Quantitative research

• Statistical survey, a method for collecting quantitative information about items in a population
• Paid survey, a method for companies to collect consumer opinions about a product by offering them money as rewards

Geography

• Surveying, the technique and science of measuring positions and distances on Earth
• Aerial survey, a method of collecting information using aerial photography
• Cadastral survey, used to document land ownership, by the production of documents, diagrams, plats, and maps
• Dominion Land Survey, the method used to divide most of Western Canada into one-square-mile sections for agricultural and other purposes
• Public Land Survey System, a method used in the United States to survey and identify land parcels
• Survey township, a square unit of land, six miles (~9.7 km) on a side, used by the U.S. Public Land Survey System