survey
verb (used with object)
to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
is surveying
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present progressiveof survey (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Poor Arch is surveying his options and wondering if it’s too late to learn how to play lacrosse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
This image is part of a Hubble Treasury program that is surveying approximately half of the Milky Way's known globular clusters.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
Now, a team of Ukrainian and U.S. archaeologists is surveying another category of destruction: damage to Ukraine’s archaeological heritage, much of which remains underground, often unexcavated and undocumented.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 30, 2023
Today their media officer Siyamend Ali is surveying the damage in Syria.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2022
One of the most profitable kinds of miscellaneous business is surveying.
From Minnesota and Dacotah by C. C. (Christopher Columbus) Andrews
