Used in a Sentence

surveyor

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for surveyor.

Editorial note

I had a weird feeling a maybe ten years ago talking with a friend who is a surveyor.

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Quick take

A person occupied with surveying: the process of determining positions on the earth's surface.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of surveyor gathered in one view.

noun

A person occupied with surveying: the process of determining positions on the earth's surface.

noun

One who carries out a survey or poll.

noun

(UK) A person charged with inspecting something for the purpose of determining its condition, value, etc.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for surveyor.

noun

A person occupied with surveying: the process of determining positions on the earth's surface.

noun

One who carries out a survey or poll.

noun

(UK) A person charged with inspecting something for the purpose of determining its condition, value, etc.

Example sentences

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I had a weird feeling a maybe ten years ago talking with a friend who is a surveyor.

2

The closet I can come up with is a surveyor, which I suppose counts an engineer in some places.

3

Since my telescope is monstrous, and his is a small surveyor, my stars actually end up being observed to a distance 10 times that of his sample.

4

If the surveyor cannot themselves distinguish between knowledge of terminology and understanding of concept, I can only conclude that their communication with the people surveyed was equally malformed.

5

Unless the witness was qualified (eg a pilot or surveyor or similar) I would take size/height estimates with a giant pinch of salt, most people are awful at estimating those things.

6

I was a land surveyor and although I loved the combination of technical, mathematical, and analytic skill with working in the great outdoors, the subprime mortgage crisis resulted in big commercial land development contracts drying up.

Quote examples

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Also, I discovered recently that companies cannot talk to one another about salaries, but they can all participate in a "survey" where the surveyor aggregates all this information, in a very detailed way.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use surveyor in a sentence?

I had a weird feeling a maybe ten years ago talking with a friend who is a surveyor.

What does surveyor mean?

A person occupied with surveying: the process of determining positions on the earth's surface.

What part of speech is surveyor?

surveyor is commonly used as noun.