- Look upon
- To question people in a poll
- To sample opinions
- To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention,
as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey
the surrounding country.
- To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
- To examine with reference to condition, situation,
value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a
building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire.
- To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a
tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and
angular measurments, and the application of the principles of geometry
and trigonometry; as, to survey land or a coast.