🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

examinar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ek-sa-mi-nar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Survey/ˈsɜːr.veɪ/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El arquitecto vino a examinar el terreno."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To look at and examine all things, parts, or details of something carefully.

    "He stood on the hill to survey the surrounding countryside."
As noun
  1. 1

    An investigation of the opinions or behavior of a particular group by asking questions.

    "The company conducted a survey to gauge customer satisfaction."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'survey' originates from the Middle French 'surveier', meaning 'to oversee', which in turn comes from the Latin 'supervidere', meaning 'to see from above'. Over time, the term evolved to encompass the act of examining or inspecting something in detail.

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