surveyor

«surveyor» in Mova's school dictionary: a person whose job is to measure land and make maps or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a surveyor, surveyors)

meaning for a pupil

1) A surveyor is a person whose job is to measure land and make maps or plans of it. tree →

2) A surveyor is also someone who checks a building to see what condition it is in, often before people buy it (money, UK). tree →

3) A surveyor can be an official who inspects something, like ships. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and maths lessons surveyors use measuring tools, angles and distances to map land. In adult life, people buying a house pay a surveyor to check for damp or cracks. Phrases: land surveyor, building surveyor, a surveyor's report.

examples

• The surveyor measured the field with a special tool. tree →
• The surveyor's map showed where the new road would go. tree →
• Before buying the house, Mum and Dad hired a surveyor. tree →
• The surveyor found damp in the cellar. tree →
• Long ago, surveyors mapped the coastlines. tree →
• My aunt is a surveyor and works outdoors a lot. tree →

note

Countable noun. Verb: survey; noun: a survey (a careful look or a set of questions). In maths, surveyors use triangles and angles to find distances they cannot measure directly.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «surveyor» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.