{
    "term": "survey",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an investigation of the opinions, behaviour, etc. of a particular group of people, which is usually done by asking them questions",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A **recent ****survey showed** 75 per cent of those questioned were in favour of the plan."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **survey revealed/found** that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **conduct/carry out/do/complete a survey**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**According to the survey**, many young adults have experimented with drugs of some kind."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Another **national survey** conducted last year found the same result."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Roughly half of survey respondents express strong interest in additional education."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **results of the survey** come as no surprise to us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "94% of people who took part in the survey said they agreed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A customer satisfaction survey highlighted the need for clearer pricing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The charity did a survey of people's attitudes to ageing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A survey into conditions in schools revealed the need for much greater investment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The researchers used a combination of survey methods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are carrying out a survey of small businesses in London."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is the largest independent survey into health ever carried out in Britain."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument", "Scientific research"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["comprehensive", "detailed", "extensive"],
                "verb + survey": ["administer", "carry out", "conduct"],
                "survey + verb": [
                    "cover something",
                    "deal with something",
                    "examine something"
                ],
                "survey + noun": ["data", "results", "method"],
                "preposition": [
                    "according to a/​the survey",
                    "in a/​the survey",
                    "survey into"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "the findings of a/​the survey",
                    "the results of a/​the survey"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of examining and recording the measurements, features, etc. of an area of land in order to make a map or plan of it",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an aerial survey *(= made by taking photographs from a plane, , etc.)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A geological survey revealed the presence of oil beneath the ground."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full", "aerial", "archaeological"],
                "verb + survey": ["carry out", "do", "make"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an examination of the condition of a house, etc., usually done for somebody who is thinking of buying it",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a detailed structural survey"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full", "aerial", "archaeological"],
                "verb + survey": ["carry out", "do", "make"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a general study, view or description of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a comprehensive survey of modern music"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a historical survey of children's clothing"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["comprehensive", "detailed", "extensive"],
                "verb + survey": ["administer", "carry out", "conduct"],
                "survey + verb": [
                    "cover something",
                    "deal with something",
                    "examine something"
                ],
                "survey + noun": ["data", "results", "method"],
                "preposition": [
                    "according to a/​the survey",
                    "in a/​the survey",
                    "survey into"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "the findings of a/​the survey",
                    "the results of a/​the survey"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɜːveɪ/",
                "audio": "su/survey/survey__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɜːrveɪ/",
                "audio": "su/survey/survey__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘examine and ascertain the condition of’): from Anglo-Norman French surveier, from medieval Latin supervidere, from super- ‘over’ + videre ‘to see’. The early sense of the noun (late 15th cent.) was ‘supervision’."
}