word-vault
Version:
A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
160 lines (159 loc) • 6.3 kB
JSON
{
"term": "survey",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an investigation of the opinions, behaviour, etc. of a particular group of people, which is usually done by asking them questions",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "A **recent ****survey showed** 75 per cent of those questioned were in favour of the plan."
},
{
"text": "The **survey revealed/found** that…"
},
{
"text": "to **conduct/carry out/do/complete a survey**"
},
{
"text": "**According to the survey**, many young adults have experimented with drugs of some kind."
},
{
"text": "Another **national survey** conducted last year found the same result."
},
{
"text": "Roughly half of survey respondents express strong interest in additional education."
},
{
"text": "The **results of the survey** come as no surprise to us."
},
{
"text": "94% of people who took part in the survey said they agreed."
},
{
"text": "A customer satisfaction survey highlighted the need for clearer pricing."
},
{
"text": "The charity did a survey of people's attitudes to ageing."
},
{
"text": "A survey into conditions in schools revealed the need for much greater investment."
},
{
"text": "The researchers used a combination of survey methods."
},
{
"text": "They are carrying out a survey of small businesses in London."
},
{
"text": "This is the largest independent survey into health ever carried out in Britain."
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument", "Scientific research"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["comprehensive", "detailed", "extensive"],
"verb + survey": ["administer", "carry out", "conduct"],
"survey + verb": [
"cover something",
"deal with something",
"examine something"
],
"survey + noun": ["data", "results", "method"],
"preposition": [
"according to a/the survey",
"in a/the survey",
"survey into"
],
"phrases": [
"the findings of a/the survey",
"the results of a/the survey"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the act of examining and recording the measurements, features, etc. of an area of land in order to make a map or plan of it",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "an aerial survey *(= made by taking photographs from a plane, , etc.)"
},
{
"text": "A geological survey revealed the presence of oil beneath the ground."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["full", "aerial", "archaeological"],
"verb + survey": ["carry out", "do", "make"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "an examination of the condition of a house, etc., usually done for somebody who is thinking of buying it",
"labels": "(British English)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a detailed structural survey"
}
],
"topics": ["Houses and homes"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["full", "aerial", "archaeological"],
"verb + survey": ["carry out", "do", "make"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a general study, view or description of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a comprehensive survey of modern music"
},
{
"text": "a historical survey of children's clothing"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["comprehensive", "detailed", "extensive"],
"verb + survey": ["administer", "carry out", "conduct"],
"survey + verb": [
"cover something",
"deal with something",
"examine something"
],
"survey + noun": ["data", "results", "method"],
"preposition": [
"according to a/the survey",
"in a/the survey",
"survey into"
],
"phrases": [
"the findings of a/the survey",
"the results of a/the survey"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɜːveɪ/",
"audio": "su/survey/survey__gb_4.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɜːrveɪ/",
"audio": "su/survey/survey__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘examine and ascertain the condition of’): from Anglo-Norman French surveier, from medieval Latin supervidere, from super- ‘over’ + videre ‘to see’. The early sense of the noun (late 15th cent.) was ‘supervision’."
}