1. (

• survey ,
• study

) a detailed critical inspection ;

2. (

• sketch ,
• survey ,
• resume

) short descriptive summary (of events) ;

3. (

• 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" ;

1. (

• survey ,
• appraise

) consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting" ;

2. (

• survey

) look over carefully or inspect; "He surveyed his new classmates" ;

3. (

• surveil ,
• follow ,
• survey ,

) keep under surveillance; "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing" ;

4. (

• review ,
• go_over ,
• survey ,

) hold a review (of troops) ;

5. (

• survey ,

) make a survey of; for statistical purposes ;

6. (

• survey ,

) plot a map of (land) ;