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EXPLORATORY SURVEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does exploratory survey mean?
• EXPLORATORY SURVEY (noun)
The noun EXPLORATORY SURVEY has 1 sense:
1. exploring in order to gain information
Familiarity information: EXPLORATORY SURVEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exploring in order to gain information
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
exploratory survey; reconnoitering; reconnoitring; scouting
Context example:
scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous
Hypernyms ("exploratory survey" is a kind of...):
reconnaissance; reconnaissance mission (the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy))
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