1. Consider in a comprehensive way
   "He surveyed the situation carefully before acting";
   - appraise
    
2. Look over carefully or inspect
   "He surveyed his new classmates"
    
3. Keep under surveillance
   "The police had been surveying him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing";
   - surveil, follow
    
4. Make a survey of; for statistical purposes
   "They surveyed the population to gather demographic data"
    
5. Plot a map of (land)
   "The team surveyed the property boundaries"
    
6. Hold a review (of troops)
   "The general surveyed the troops before the parade";
   - review, go over

1. A detailed critical inspection
   "The architectural firm conducted a thorough survey of the historic building before beginning renovations";
   - study
    
2. The act of looking, seeing or observing
   "his survey of the battlefield was limited";
   - view, sight
    
3. Short descriptive summary (of events)
   "The news article provided a survey of the day's major events";
   - sketch, résumé

Derived forms: surveyed, surveys, surveying

Type of: analyse [Brit, Cdn], analyze [N. Amer], butcher's [Brit, slang], calculate, canvass, cipher, compute, cypher, examination, examine, figure [N. Amer], gander [informal], inspect, look, looking, looking at, observe, reckon, scrutiny, see, study, summary, sum-up, work out, wrap-up

Encyclopedia: Survey, Kansas