Dictionary

inspection en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ɪnˈspɛkʃən/

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French inspeccion, from Latin īnspectiō (“examination, inspection”), from the verb īnspiciō (“to inspect”), from speciō (“to look at”). By surface analysis, inspect + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of examining something, often closely.
   • Parcels slide down a ramp after being scanned at the US Customs and Border Protection overseas mail inspection facility at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in February 2024. 2025 May 2, Elisabeth Buchwald, Ramishah Maruf, “A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2025:
   • Trap doors are provided at various places in the floor to facilitate inspection and maintenance of the diesel equipment. 1960 September 14, “Inter-city diesel units for the Hull-Liverpool service of the N.E.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 559–560:
   • Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark!
   • The NHRC conducted onsite inspections of Chienchen and Suao Fishing Harbors and held numerous seminars with industry, government, and academia representatives. 2022 May 14, “2021 Annual Report of the Control Yuan”, in Control Yuan, →ISBN, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2022, page 41:
2. (countable, uncountable) An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.
   • The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.

Forms

Deriveds

home inspection · superinspection · vehicle inspection · ticket inspection · fire inspection · inspectional · postinspection · obvious by inspection · adspection · preinspection · inspectioneer · Fagan inspection · reinspection · inspectionist · inspection pit · inspectionism

Relateds

inspect · inspector

Synonyms

scrutiny · examination

Translations (77)

cmn 檢查 /检查 (the act of examining something, often closely) · vi sự kiểm tra (the act of examining something, often closely) · bg реви́зия (the act of examining something, often closely) · ro controlare (the act of examining something, often closely) · fi tarkastelu (the act of examining something, often closely) · es inspección (the act of examining something, often closely) · ru прове́рка (the act of examining something, often closely) · nb inspeksjon (the act of examining something, often closely) · uk переві́рка (the act of examining something, often closely) · ang smēagung (the act of examining something, often closely) · bho निरीक्षण (the act of examining something, often closely) · id pemeriksaan (the act of examining something, often closely) · hi निरीक्षण (the act of examining something, often closely) · be праве́рка (the act of examining something, often closely) · ang inscēawung (the act of examining something, often closely) · it ispezione (the act of examining something, often closely) · crh teftiş (the act of examining something, often closely) · ur مُعائِنَہ (the act of examining something, often closely) · bg пре́глед (the act of examining something, often closely) · pl kontrola (the act of examining something, often closely) · pl inspekcja (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed) · fi tarkastus (the act of examining something, often closely) · bg прове́рка (the act of examining something, often closely) · it ispezione (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed) · ca inspecció (the act of examining something, often closely) · ja 検査 (the act of examining something, often closely) · de Inspektion (the act of examining something, often closely) · ro inspectare (the act of examining something, often closely) · pt inspeção (the act of examining something, often closely) · got 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (the act of examining something, often closely) · fi katsastus (the act of examining something, often closely) · fi tarkastusvirasto (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed) · ru инспе́кция (the act of examining something, often closely) · it esame (the act of examining something, often closely) · pl zbadanie (the act of examining something, often closely) · id inspeksi (the act of examining something, often closely) · de Prüfung (the act of examining something, often closely) · nn inspeksjon (the act of examining something, often closely) · be інспе́кцыя (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed) · cs prohlídka (the act of examining something, often closely) · eo pririgardo (the act of examining something, often closely) · uk інспе́кція (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed) · cs inspekce (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed) · be інспэ́кцыя (the act of examining something, often closely) · it controllo (the act of examining something, often closely) · be iнспэ́кцыя (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed) · sa परीक्षा (the act of examining something, often closely) · nl inspectie (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed) · hi जाँच (the act of examining something, often closely) · fi tutkiminen (the act of examining something, often closely) · nl onderzoek (the act of examining something, often closely) · pl inspekcja (the act of examining something, often closely) · ar تَفَقُّد (the act of examining something, often closely) · ml പരിശോധന (the act of examining something, often closely) · eo inspekto (the act of examining something, often closely) · el εξέταση (the act of examining something, often closely) · ur مُعائِنَہ (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed) · el επιθεώρηση (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed) · cy arolwg (the act of examining something, often closely) · it analisi (the act of examining something, often closely) · ms pemeriksaan (the act of examining something, often closely) · be інспе́кцыя (the act of examining something, often closely) · ru инспе́кция (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed) · nl keuring (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed) · pl kontrola (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed) · tr teftiş (the act of examining something, often closely) · mi mātaitanga (the act of examining something, often closely) · fr inspection (the act of examining something, often closely) · bg инспе́кция (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed) · pl badanie (the act of examining something, often closely) · ko 검사 (the act of examining something, often closely) · cs kontrola (the act of examining something, often closely) · hu ellenőrzés (the act of examining something, often closely) · ms inspeksi (the act of examining something, often closely) · ro inspecționare (the act of examining something, often closely) · nl inspectie (the act of examining something, often closely) · uk інспе́кція (the act of examining something, often closely)