| surveillance | (noun) close observation of a person or group (usually by the police) | - |
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| survey | (noun) the act of looking or seeing or observing | Synonyms: sight, view |
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| (noun) a detailed critical inspection | Synonyms: study |
| (noun) short descriptive summary (of events) | Synonyms: resume, sketch |
| surveying | (noun) the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map | - |
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| surveyor | (noun) an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures | - |
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| (noun) someone who conducts a statistical survey | - |
| survival | (noun) something that survives | - |
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| (noun) a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment | Synonyms: natural selection, selection, survival of the fittest |
| (noun) a state of surviving; remaining alive | Synonyms: endurance |
| survivalist | (noun) someone who tries to insure their personal survival or the survival of their group or nation | - |
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| survivor | (noun) an animal that survives in spite of adversity | - |
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| (noun) one who outlives another | - |
| (noun) one who lives through affliction | Synonyms: subsister |