verb [VN]
1 ~ sth/sb (for sth) to look closely at sth/sb, especially to check that everything is satisfactory
SYNEXAMINE:
The teacher walked around inspecting their work. * The plants are regularly inspected for disease. * Make sure you inspect the goods before signing for them.
2 to officially visit a school, factory, etc. in order to check that rules are being obeyed and that standards are acceptable:
Public health officials were called in to inspect the premises. * The Tourist Board inspects all recommended hotels at least once a year.
inspection noun [U,C]:
to carry out an inspection of sth * The documents are available for public inspection. * On closer inspection, the notes proved to be forgeries. * The head went on a tour of inspection of all the classrooms.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for inspect is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does inspect appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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