inspector
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2.9
- noun
- /ɪnˈspɛktər/
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inspector
- What are you, a kind of building inspector?
- safety inspector
- quality control inspector
- inspection by a inspector
So we need food inspectors to make sure our food is hygienic.
- So we need food inspectors to make sure our food is hygienic.
- Chemical weapons that have been confirmed today by UN inspectors.
- Best summing up this, the outgoing prison inspector.
- He also talks about a customs inspector who is very severe with tourists or travelers.
- We heard from Karen Adriancer, an Ofsted inspector, about the variable standards of English and maths tuition for adults.
- When we sent a car inspector to view the car, we finally got to view it after being given a run around.
- FDA inspections of food, these inspectors have been fired.
- The person who took Ross Ulbricht down was a IRS tax inspector via Google.
- So in the first six months, we had more inspectors in our office and we had employees, right?
- If these farms if they decided that they were these peer review inspectors would certify the farms as organic.
Examples
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We learned this the hard way after one inspector had to open each container of used film.
Academic text (1993) -
Before production began, the students were told that a quality-control inspector would check the doughnuts.
Academic text (1992) -
When we sent a car inspector to view the car, we finally got to view it after being given a run around.
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Yeah, but I doubt a health inspector has ever been here.
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This is the day when an inspector comes to make sure our house is living up to community standards.
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I was working the swing shift as a quality inspector at Hanes.
Fiction book (2002) -
So we need food inspectors to make sure our food is hygienic.
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The school inspector is here to check the facilities and ensure they meet safety standards.
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Make sure you clean this place up because we have the health inspector coming tomorrow.
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The new safety inspector conducted a thorough review of the workplace practices.
Synonyms
118
3.1
A person who reads and checks the quality of a paper, proposal, or code
83
3.4
A person who carefully looks at things to find information
75
3.2
A person who watches others to make sure they follow rules
34
3.0
A person or machine that finds mistakes in facts, writing and products
29
2.8
A person or device that checks if something works correctly
7
4.3
A person who judges how good or useful something is
3
4.3
A person who judges how good or valuable something is
1
4.4
A person or tool that checks if information meets required rules
1
6.8
A person who checks things very carefully, like reports or votes
1
6.3
A person or machine that closely examines things to find problems
An official who inspects places like schools or hospitals to check that rules are followed
To look closely at people or groups to find wrong actions
Compounds
- Formal
97
6.0
A senior official in government or the military who checks investigations and makes sure people follow rules
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word inspector comes from Latin parts in- 'into' and specere 'to look'. So an inspector is 'one who looks into' things, like a building inspector who checks that safety and rules are followed.