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How to use survey in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Survey means the act of surveying; a general view. Example: “A survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of roads and bridges; a survey of buildings.”

Examples of survey by meaning

nounA particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of a particular group of items, in order to...

  • A survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of roads and bridges; a survey of buildings.

nounA measured plan and description of any portion of country.

  • The owners of the adjoining plots had conflicting surveys.

nounAn examination of the opinions and/or information of a group of people.

  • The local council conducted a survey of its residents to help it decide whether to go ahead with the roadside waste collection service.

nounA questionnaire or similar instrument used for examining the opinions and/or information of a group of people.

  • I just filled out that survey on roadside waste pick-up.

verbTo inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook.

  • He stood on a hill, and surveyed the surrounding country.

verbTo view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.

  • By using the same classification system for all the dictionaries surveyed, it was possible to compare the lexical richness of each against the other.2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 297

verbTo examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of.

  • It was his job to survey buildings in order to determine their value and risks.

verbTo determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear...

  • to survey land or a coast
  • The proposed route had been surveyed by George Stephenson and consisted of a main line 41⅝ miles in length with two short branches, to Norbury and Poynton Collieries, and to Chapel-en-le-Frith.1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 148
  • He explained that engineers had been able to examine the bridge visually, and had started surveying likely sites for access roads and where to place the heavyweight crawler crane.2020 August 26, “Network News: Mid-September before line reopens, says Network Rail”, in Rail, page 10

More sentences with survey

  • The results of the field survey look random by several different measures.From the entry random
  • For days telescopes surveyed the skies to recover the small asteroid.From the entry recover
  • It will take several years to evaluate the material gathered in the survey.From the entry evaluate
  • He strutted about the yard, thinking himself master of all he surveyed.From the entry strut
  • Their lab is still analyzing the data from the last oceanographic survey.From the entry oceanographic
  • The survey vindicated the politician's assertion that there were few persuadables among his constituents.From the entry persuadable
  • Surveys show a gender gap with women favoring Democrats 12 percent more than men.From the entry gender gap
  • Most of the midteens in the survey were interested in video games and films.From the entry midteens
  • Conduct countersurveillance: survey your surroundings to be sure no one is surveilling you.From the entry countersurveillance
  • Conduct antisurveillance: survey your surroundings to be sure no one is surveilling you.From the entry antisurveillance
  • The survey respondents were overrepresentative of the middle and upper classes.From the entry overrepresentative
  • He fielded the marketing survey about the upcoming product.From the entry field
  • This survey is designed to get a feeler about how the citizens feel about the proposed new highway.From the entry feeler
  • We obtained accurate data from the survey.From the entry obtain
  • US presidential nominees get a post-convention bump in survey ratings.From the entry bump
  • The satisfactory results of the survey led to his promotion.From the entry satisfactory
  • After a few weeks wandering the mountainous jungle terrain, we gave up our survey and declared the area not plottable.From the entry plottable
  • The unshaded area on the map has not been surveyed.From the entry unshaded
  • Most people responding to the radio station's survey were nonlisteners.From the entry nonlistener
  • Marathon and nonmarathon runners were surveyed in the study.From the entry nonmarathon
  • The survey paints a bleak picture.From the entry bleak
  • The search party, consisting of family and friends, combed the woods and the survey site thoroughly.2026 August 23, Aniket Chaughule, “Christopher Thompkins Vanished From a Georgia Survey Site in 2002. His Coworkers Were Only 50 Feet…. From the entry comb
  • A combination of meteorological tools and surveys are used to measure thermal comfort.(Can we date this quote?), Ariane Middel, “What is Thermal Comfort & What Influences It?”, in Arizona State University, United States…. From the entry thermal comfort
  • The carriage was surveyed and re-sheeted just over a decade ago, when it was deemed restorable.2023 March 8, “Network News: Unique LNWR survivor offered for restoration”, in RAIL, number 978, page 27. From the entry restorable
  • This doesn’t necessarily mean Christians are joining mainline congregations — the survey measures self-identification, not church affiliation.2021 July 9, Michelle Goldberg, “The Christian Right Is in Decline, and It’s Taking America With It”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry mainline
  • This produced a kingdom-wide financial survey each year in the form of the pipe roll.2021, Tracy Borman, Crown and Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II, Grove Atlantic…. From the entry pipe roll
  • Much of the ocean they surveyed last summer was above 30 degrees Celsius for three months.2021 January 13, “'Corals are being cooked': A third of Taiwan's reefs are dying”, in France 24, archived from the original on 13 Jan 2021. From the entry Liuqiu
  • Surveyed locations included 13 supermarkets in São Lázaro, São Lourenço and Sé Parishes.2019 December 16, Consumer Council [消費者委員會], “Consumer Council released 5th supermarket price survey report of the current month”, in…. From the entry São Lourenço
  • Companies should survey their employees regularly to evaluate the implementation among the leaderships and peers.2018 December 10, Kathryn Vasel, “How to create a company culture that works”, in CNN. From the entry leadership
  • Carly surveyed the pile of fuzzy puppies and was overwhelmed by the cuteness.2018, Susan C. Daffron, The Last Train to Barksville. From the entry snuggly

Meaning of survey

  1. noun The act of surveying; a general view.
  2. noun A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of a particular group of items, in order to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality.
  3. noun The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of any part of the Earth's surface.

Full definition of survey

Questions about survey in a sentence

How do you use survey in a sentence?
Survey is used as a noun and verb. For example: “A survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of roads and bridges; a survey of buildings.”
What is a short sentence with survey?
“The survey paints a bleak picture.”
What does survey mean?
Survey means the act of surveying; a general view.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: survey (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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