- survey
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 study of sthADJECTIVE▪ comprehensive, detailed, extensive, full, in-depth, large-scale, major, systematic▪ brief, quick▪ informal▪ broad, general▪ representative, sample▪
a nationally representative survey of the US population conducted each year
▪The researchers undertook a sample survey of schools in the city.
▪ regular▪ annual, monthly, etc.▪ follow-up▪The fifth follow-up survey provides the data for this study.
▪ local (esp. BrE), national, nationwide, regional▪ independent▪ historical▪a historical survey of children's clothing
▪ mail (AmE), online, postal (BrE), questionnaire, telephone, Web-based▪ comparative▪ field▪ pilot▪ attitude, consumer, customer, customer-satisfaction, opinion▪A recent customer survey showed widespread ignorance about organic food.
▪ market, market-research, marketing▪ household (esp. AmE)VERB + SURVEY▪ administer (esp. AmE), carry out (esp. BrE), conduct, do, make, perform (esp. AmE), undertake (esp. BrE)▪The charity did a survey of people's attitudes to the disabled.
▪ commission▪ participate in, respond to, take (esp. AmE), take part in▪94% of people who took part in the survey said they agreed.
▪ complete, fill in (BrE), fill out (AmE)▪ return, send back▪ send outSURVEY + VERB▪ cover sth, deal with sth, examine sth▪The survey covered 74 species.
▪ ask sth▪ claim sth, conclude sth, confirm sth, disclose sth, find sth, highlight sth, identify sth, indicate sth, report sth, reveal sth, say sth, show sth, suggest sth▪A customer-satisfaction survey highlighted the need for clearer pricing.
SURVEY + NOUN▪ data, results▪ method, technique▪ participant (AmE), respondent▪ group▪ questionnaire▪ question▪ responsePREPOSITION▪ according to a/the survey▪According to the survey, many young adults have experimented with drugs of some kind.
▪ in a/the survey▪the questions used in the survey
▪ survey into▪a survey into the state of English in universities
▪ survey of▪a survey of adults
▪ survey on▪a survey on drivers' attitudes to the police
PHRASES▪ the findings of a/the survey, the results of a/the survey2 of land or a buildingADJECTIVE▪ full▪ aerial▪ archaeological, geological, geophysical, land, seismic▪ structural (esp. BrE)▪A structural survey of the property revealed serious defects.
VERB + SURVEY▪ carry out (esp. BrE), do, make{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbADVERB▪ carefully▪ calmly, critically▪She surveyed his appearance critically.
▪ briefly, quicklyPREPOSITION▪ from▪I surveyed the scene from my window.
Survey is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑eye
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
