different between survey vs perambulation

English

Etymology

From Middle English surveyen, from Old French sourveoir, surveer (“to oversee”), from sour-, sur- (“over”) + veoir, veeir (“to see”), from Latin videre. See sur- and vision.

Pronunciation

• (noun):
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??ve?/, (obsolete) /s??ve?/
  • (US) enPR: sûr?v?, IPA^(key): /?s?ve?/, (obsolete) /s??ve?/
  • The noun was formerly accented on the last syllable, like the verb.
• Rhymes: -??(?)ve?
• (verb):
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /s??ve?/
  • (US) enPR: s?r-v??, IPA^(key): /s??ve?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

survey (plural surveys)

1. The act of surveying; a general view.
   • 1642, John Denham, Cooper's Hill

     Under his proud survey the city lies.

2. A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of a particular group of items, in order to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality.

3. The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of any part of the Earth's surface.
4. A measured plan and description of any portion of country.

5. An examination of the opinions of a group of people.

6. A questionnaire or similar instrument used for examining the opinions of a group of people.

7. (historical) An auction at which a farm is let for three lives.
8. (US) A district for the collection of customs under a particular officer.

Synonyms

• (act of surveying): prospect, surveil
• (particular view): review

Derived terms

• Ordnance Survey
• trigonometric survey

Translations

Verb

survey (third-person singular simple present surveys, present participle surveying, simple past and past participle surveyed)

1. To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook
2. To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
3. To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of

4. To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurements, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry
5. To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same.
   • 1713, Giles Jacob, The Complete Court-keeper: Or, Land-steward's Assistant

     all the Tenants Leases and Copies are surveyed

6. To investigate the opinions, experiences, etc., of people by asking them questions; to conduct a survey; to administer a questionnaire.

Derived terms

• king of all one surveys
• surveying
• surveyal
• surveyance
• surveyee
• surveyor

Translations

English

Etymology

perambulate +? -ion; alternative surface analysis is per- +? ambulation.

Noun

perambulation (countable and uncountable, plural perambulations)

1. (rare) A survey, a tour; a walking around.
   • 1700, Tom Brown, Amusements Serious and Comical, calculated for the Meridian of London, page 10:

     If any Man for that rea?on has an Inclination to divert him?elf, and Sail with me round the Globe, to ?upervi?e almo?t all the Conditions of Humane Life, without being infected with the Vanities, and Vices that attend such a Whim?ical Perambulation; let him follow me, who am going to Relate it in a Stile, and Language, proper to the Variety of the Subject: For as the Caprichio came Naturally into my Pericranium, I am re?olv’d to pur?ue it through Thick and Thin, to enlarge my Capacity for a Man of Bu?ine?s.

2. (law) An English legal ceremony in which an official from a town or parish walks around it to delineate and record its boundaries.
3. The district thus inspected.

Quotations

• 1902: Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, published by the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society

  Another forest not named in the perambulation is that of Horwich.

• 1929: Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, published by the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society

  The earliest known reference to the stone is that in the perambulation of the parish of Puddletown recorded in the Cartulary of Christchurch Priory.

Synonyms

• (English legal ceremony) bannering

References

• Radin Law Dictionary, Max Radin; Oceana Publications, 1970.

Anagrams

• preambulation