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noun a detailed critical inspection
noun short descriptive summary (of events)
noun the act of looking or seeing or observing
originFrom Middle English surveyen, from Old French sourveoir, surveer (“to oversee”), from sour-, sur- (“over”) + veoir, veeir (“to see”), from Latin videre. See sur- and vision. Related to supervision.
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