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surview

/sə(ɹ)ˈvjuː/

surview verb: to survey; to make a survey of.

Verb

surview (third-person singular simple present surviews, present participle surviewing, simple past and past participle surviewed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To survey; to make a survey of.
    • to surview his ground1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Aegloga Se[c]unda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    pervise

Noun

IPA/ˈsɜː(ɹ)vjuː/

surview (plural surviews)

  1. (obsolete) A survey.
    • But if you vvill pleaſe to take a ſecond ſurvievv of the foure ſeverall particulars, vvherein the Caſes ſeemed to agree; you ſhall find very much diſparitie and diſproportion betvvixt the tvvo Caſes in each of the foure reſpects.1619 April 27 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), Robert Saunderson [i.e., Robert Sanderson], “[Ad Clerum.] The First Sermon. At a Visitation at Boston, Linc[olnshire] 17. April. 1619.”, in Twelve...

Synonyms of surview

  • pervise

Forms of surview

Verb
third-person singular presentsurviews
present participlesurviewing
past participlesurviewed
pastsurviewed
Noun
pluralsurviews

Origin of surview

From Middle English survewe, from Old French surveoir, sorveoir (“to look (down) at, look upon, notice; guard, watch”); equivalent to sur- + view.

Questions about surview

What does surview mean?
Surview means to survey; to make a survey of.
What part of speech is surview?
Surview can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce surview?
Surview is pronounced /sə(ɹ)ˈvjuː/.
What is the past tense of surview?
The past tense of surview is surviewed.

Words near surview in the dictionary

  1. surveyorship
  2. surveyorships
  3. surveyour
  4. surveyours
  5. surveys
  6. surview
  7. surviewed
  8. surviewing
  9. surviews
  10. survigrous
  11. Survilliers

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