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inspect en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈspɛkt/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Latin inspectum, past participle of inspicere (“to look into”), from in (“in”) + specere (“to look at”), equivalent to in- + -spect.

Meanings

1. To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
   • Inspect the system for leaks.
2. To observe the status or nature of an object beyond what is found obvious upon its initial presentation; to 'view within' the object.
   • After speaking with the building owner, hearing that the building's steam pipes were over eighty years old, and noticing areas where the pipes had been patched with duct tape, we decided to thoroughly inspect the system for leaks.
   • After talking with and observing his new patient for a few minutes, the doctor began to inspect his charge by means of a formal physical examination.
3. To examine officially.
   • The general inspected the troops and their barracks.
   • ‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”.[…]’. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

inspection · inspector · reinspect · inspecter · misinspect · inspectingly · inspectoscope · inspectee · inspect the plumbing · inspectable · uninspected · superinspect · inspectability · preinspect

Synonyms

examine (to examine critically or carefully)

Translations (74)

be агляда́ць (examine critically, scrutinize) · eo inspekti (view and examine officially) · it analizzare (examine critically, scrutinize) · ca inspeccionar (view and examine officially) · bg прегле́ждам (examine critically, scrutinize) · la inspiciō (view and examine officially) · de inspizieren (examine critically, scrutinize) · hu megtekint (view and examine officially) · ru инспекти́ровать (view and examine officially) · be праінспектава́ць (view and examine officially) · it ispezionare (examine critically, scrutinize) · nl inspecteren (examine critically, scrutinize) · hi जाँच करना (examine critically, scrutinize) · tl masid (view and examine officially) · ru проинспекти́ровать (view and examine officially) · de begutachten (view and examine officially) · tl tingin (examine critically, scrutinize) · cmn 调查 (view and examine officially) · ar تَفَقَّدَ (view and examine officially) · it ispezionare (view and examine officially) · la aspiciō (examine critically, scrutinize) · hu megvizsgál (examine critically, scrutinize) · de prüfen (view and examine officially) · eo kontroli (examine critically, scrutinize) · be агле́дзець (examine critically, scrutinize) · cmn 檢查 /检查 (examine critically, scrutinize) · vi kiểm tra (examine critically, scrutinize) · gl rexistrar (examine critically, scrutinize) · ru осма́тривать (examine critically, scrutinize) · hu bevizsgál (view and examine officially) · ne जाँच्नु (view and examine officially) · hu ellenőriz (view and examine officially) · fi suorittaa tarkastus (examine critically, scrutinize) · om sakatta'uu (view and examine officially) · es inspeccionar (view and examine officially) · uk проінспектува́ти (view and examine officially) · fi tutkia (examine critically, scrutinize) · ar فَحَصَ (examine critically, scrutinize) · sv inspektera (view and examine officially) · hy զննել (examine critically, scrutinize) · hi जाँच (view and examine officially) · gl cachear (examine critically, scrutinize) · ca inspeccionar (examine critically, scrutinize) · ang smēagan (examine critically, scrutinize) · it investigare (examine critically, scrutinize) · de untersuchen (examine critically, scrutinize) · pt inspecionar (examine critically, scrutinize) · la aspiciō (view and examine officially) · hi जाँचना (examine critically, scrutinize) · sv inspektera (examine critically, scrutinize) · pga fetish (examine critically, scrutinize) · be інспектава́ць (view and examine officially) · de inspizieren (view and examine officially) · fi tarkastaa (examine critically, scrutinize) · ne जाँच्नु (examine critically, scrutinize) · la inspiciō (examine critically, scrutinize) · eo inspekti (examine critically, scrutinize) · cmn 調查 /调查 (examine critically, scrutinize) · ang inscēawian (examine critically, scrutinize) · es pasar revista (view and examine officially) · izh katsella (examine critically, scrutinize) · nl onderzoeken (examine critically, scrutinize) · fi suorittaa tarkastus (view and examine officially) · bg инспектирам (view and examine officially) · de begutachten (examine critically, scrutinize) · ru осмотре́ть (examine critically, scrutinize) · fi tarkastaa (view and examine officially) · mi tōmene (examine critically, scrutinize) · sa परीक्षते (examine critically, scrutinize) · es inspeccionar (examine critically, scrutinize) · gl inspeccionar (examine critically, scrutinize) · mi mātātaki (examine critically, scrutinize) · km ពិនិត្យ (examine critically, scrutinize) · uk інспектува́ти (view and examine officially)