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surveying

/sɚˈveɪ.ɪŋ/noun3 syllables

Surveying means: the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map.

What does surveying mean?1

noun

1

the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map“he studied surveying at college”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with surveying?17

three syllables

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Surveying in a sentence

  • Here, the normal rules of surveying don't apply.Amastan
  • He stood on the hill surveying the landscape.CM
  • Cartographers spent decades surveying back in the day.pastvu

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Forms of surveying

as a noun

plural
surveyings