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survey
A	noun
	1	survey, study
			a detailed critical inspection
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚work ╚investigation; investigating ╚examination; scrutiny ╚survey, study ╚resurvey
	2	view, survey, sight
			the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚sensory activity ╚sensing; perception ╚look; looking; looking at ╚view, survey, sight ╚eyeful
	3	sketch, survey, resume
			short descriptive summary (of events)
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚summary ╚sketch, survey, resume
B	verb
	1	survey, appraise
			consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting"
		Category Tree: analyze; analyse; study; examine; canvass; canvas ╚survey, appraise
	2	survey
			plot a map of (land)
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚reason ╚calculate; cipher; cypher; compute; work out; reckon; figure ╚survey ╚triangulate
	3	survey
			make a survey of; for statistical purposes
		Category Tree: analyze; analyse; study; examine; canvass; canvas ╚survey ╚poll; canvass; canvas
	4	review, go over, survey
			hold a review (of troops)
		Category Tree: examine; see ╚inspect ╚review, go over, survey
	5	survey
			look over in a comprehensively, inspect; "He surveyed his new classmates"
		Category Tree: examine; see ╚survey ╚overlook
	6	surveil, follow, survey
			keep under surveillance; "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing"

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