🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

examinar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ek-sa-mi-nar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Survey/ˈsɜːr.veɪ/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 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

Derived from Anglo-Norman 'surveier' and Old French 'survoir', ultimately stemming from Late Latin 'supervidere', meaning 'to oversee' or 'look over'. By the late 16th century, the noun and verb evolved to encompass both general inspection and the specific practice of measuring and mapping land areas.

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