SURVEYOR

[noun] [C]A surveyor is a person whose job is to measure and record the details of areas of land.(UK) A surveyor (US structural engineer) is also a person who is specially trained to examine buildings and discover whether there are any problems with their structure. survive [verb] - to continue to live or exist, esp. after coming close to dying or being destroyed or after being in a difficult or threatening situationThe baby was born with a problem with its heart and only survived for a few hours. [I]These plants cannot survive in very cold conditions. [I]Animals that have been reared in captivity can find it difficult to survive in the wild. [I]None of Shakespeare's plays survives in its original manuscript form. [I]This is one of the few water mills in the area to have survived intact (= without great changes to it). [I]They are struggling to survive on very little money. [I]They were very lucky to survive the accident. [T]The prime minister succeeded in surviving the challenge to his leadership/authority. [T]Few buildings survived the earthquake unscathed. [T]If you survive someone, esp. a member of your family, you continue to live after they have died.He is survived by his wife and four children. [T]Most parents expect that their children will survive them. [T](informal) "Oh, you've cut your finger!" "Don't worry, I'll survive (= it's not serious)." [I](informal) "How are you?" "Oh, (I'm) surviving (= things are satisfactory, but not particularly good)." [I]