He stood on the hill surveying the landscape.
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Surveying
/sɚˈveɪ.ɪŋ/
Synonyms for "surveying" (86 found)
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Noun(9 words)
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Noun(20 words)
measuremeasurementmeasuringmensurationmetric systemmetrologynavigationoceanographyorbiting geophysical observatoryplanimetrypsychometricspsychometryquantificationquantizationratingstereometrysurveytelemeteringtelemetrytopography
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Adjective(1 words)
public opinion polls
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16 entriesdata collectionexaminegeographygeomaticsland measurementmappingmeasuremeasurementmeasuringmensurationobservationobserveoccupationpollingprofessiontrade
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12 entriesarea scancadastral surveyingconstruction surveyinggeodetic surveyinghydrographic surveyingland surveyingmarket surveyopinion surveysite inspectionstudent surveytopographic surveyingvisual inspection
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8 entriesconstruction surveyingfield surveyingland surveyingsurveying coursesurveying equipmentsurveying methodssurveying techniquestopographic surveying
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While surveying the sky in microwave wavelengths, COBE has transmitted evidence which supports the Big Bang Theory of the creation of the universe.
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Now came an end of mourning and of woe, / when Jove, surveying from his prospect high / shore, sail-winged sea, and peopled earth below, / stood, musing, on the summit of the sky, / and on the Libyan kingdom fixed his eye.
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"I guess you've got a spice of temper," commented Mr. Harrison, surveying the flushed cheeks and indignant eyes opposite him.
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