surveillance: meaning and words from its letters
12 letters · 17 letter points · starts with S · ends with E
Meaning of surveillance
noun
- countable, uncountable
Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.
- countable, uncountable
Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example.
- countable, uncountable
Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.
- countable, uncountable
In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.
Listed forms: surveillances.
Source: Wiktionary — surveillance.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is surveillance in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of surveillance
S(1) + U(1) + R(1) + V(4) + E(1) + I(1) + L(1) + L(1) + A(1) + N(1) + C(3) + E(1) = 17 points.
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Anagrams of surveillance
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from surveillance
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