surveying

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surveying

  • /sɚˈveɪ.ɪŋ/ US
  • /səˈveɪ.ɪŋ/ UK

Rhymes with -eɪɪŋ

Where it comes from

From survey + -ing.

noun surveyings

  1. countable, uncountable The applied science of accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of survey

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: review, view, appraise, study, resume, sight, follow, sketch, go over, surveyor, cadastre, topography, topographic, topographical, mapping, geodesy

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noun science of accurately determining the position of points

Españolgeodesia
हिन्दीसर्वेक्षण sarvekṣaṇ, नापजोख nāpjokh
Portuguêsagrimensura
DeutschVermessung
Русскийтопосъёмка toposʺjómka, межева́ние meževánije

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@misc{surveying_2026,
  title = {surveying},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/surveying},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}