survey
verb (used with object)
to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
self-survey
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a word derived from
survey.
Example Sentences
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An American city in transition; the Baltimore community self-survey of inter-group relations.
From The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter by Dorothy B. Porter
He was not in the habit of looking at himself after the manner of Lawrence Croft, but on this occasion he could not help a little self-survey.
From The Late Mrs. Null by Frank Richard Stockton
