ADJ
- comprehensive, detailed, extensive, full, in-depth, major, systematic
- brief, quick
- sample
- The council undertook a sample survey of primary schools in the county
- regular
- annual, monthly, etc.
- local, national, nationwide, regional
- independent
- historical
- a historical survey of children's clothing
- doorstep, postal, questionnaire, telephone
- comparative
- field
- pilot
- attitude, customer, opinion
- A recent customer survey showed widespread ignorance about the availability of organic food
- market (research), marketing
VERB + SURVEY
- carry out, conduct, do, make, undertake
- The charity did a survey of people's attitudes to the disabled
- commission
- participate in, respond to, take part in
- 94 per cent of people who took part in the survey said they agreed
SURVEY + VERB
- cover sth, deal with sth, examine sth
- The survey covered 74 species
- ask sth
- claim sth, conclude sth, confirm sth, disclose sth, find sth, highlight sth, identify sth, indicate sth, report sth, reveal sth, say sth, show sth, suggest sth
- A customer satisfaction survey highlighted the need for clearer pricing
SURVEY + NOUN
- data, results
- method, technique
- respondent
PREP
- according to a/the ~
- According to the survey, many young adults have experimented with drugs of some kind
- in a/the ~
- the questions used in the survey
- ~ into
- a survey into the state of English in universities
- ~ on
- a survey on drivers' attitudes to the police
PHRASES
- the findings/results of a survey
ADJ
- full
- aerial
- archaeological, geological, geophysical, land, seismic
- structural, valuation
- A structural survey of the property revealed serious defects