Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surveying

/sɚˈveɪ.ɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables
sur-vey-ing
IPA
/sɚˈveɪ.ɪŋ/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The applied science of accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of survey

Etymology

From survey + -ing.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /sɚˈveɪ.ɪŋ/
  • British English: /səˈveɪ.ɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

surveyings (plural)

Phrases

aerial survey

Frequently Paired Words

geodesy

Rhymes With

saying playing paying non-paying staying laying praying weighing displaying spraying delaying portraying

Questions

How do you pronounce surveying?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɚˈveɪ.ɪŋ/.
What does surveying mean?
The applied science of accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them.
Where does surveying come from?
From survey + -ing.

How to pronounce surveying

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