"surveying" meaning in English

See surveying in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sɚˈveɪ.ɪŋ/ [General-American], /səˈveɪ.ɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-surveying.wav Forms: surveyings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪɪŋ Etymology: From survey + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|survey|ing}} survey + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} surveying (countable and uncountable, plural surveyings)
  1. The applied science of accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: aerial survey Translations (science of accurately determining the position of points): zeměměřičství [neuter] (Czech), zaměřování [neuter] (Czech), geodeesia (Estonian), maanmittaus (Finnish), Vermessung [feminine] (German), földmérés (english: land surveying) (Hungarian), نقشه برداری (Persian), ankietyzacja [feminine] (Polish), agrimensura [feminine] (Portuguese), топосъёмка (toposʺjómka) [feminine] (Russian), межева́ние (meževánije) [neuter] (Russian), geodesia [feminine] (Spanish), lantmäteri [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-surveying-en-noun-TAcR~9Pk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 74 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 87 13

Verb

IPA: /sɚˈveɪ.ɪŋ/ [General-American], /səˈveɪ.ɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-surveying.wav
Rhymes: -eɪɪŋ Etymology: From survey + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|survey|ing}} survey + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} surveying
  1. present participle and gerund of survey Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: survey Related terms: geodesy
    Sense id: en-surveying-en-verb-kqz7iKFr

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