surveyed

Surveyed is the past tense and past participle of the verb survey, meaning to examine or measure the features, extent, or condition of something, often by careful observation, measurement, or data collection. As an adjective, surveyed can describe something that has been examined or mapped, as in a surveyed plot of land or a surveyed dataset.

Common contexts include land surveying, where professionals measure boundaries and features; social science and market research, where a sample's responses are collected and analyzed; and quality control or safety assessments where inspections yield a reported status. In each usage, surveyed items can be described as "surveyed" to indicate completion of the examination and the availability of measurements or judgments.

Grammatical notes: surveyed is the past tense form for standard transitive verbs. It is also the past participle used in perfect tenses and in passive constructions: "The area has been surveyed" or "The area was surveyed." The present participle is surveying.

Related terms include survey, surveyor, surveying, survey data, and survey results. In many professional disciplines, surveys provide systematic information about objects, regions, or populations, and the term can appear in contexts ranging from legal boundaries to public opinion reporting.