inspection
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2.5
- noun
- /ɪnˈspɛkʃən/
- Formal
:
inspección
- The safety officer conducted a thorough inspection of the building to ensure it met all regulations.
- conduct an inspection
- a safety inspection
- a routine inspection
There was no dot bridge inspection program.
- There was no dot bridge inspection program.
- But many buyers like this will use the inspections as a way to renegotiate the deal.
- We did a surprise inspection of our writers.
- When I went to military school, you're subject to daily inspections because it's like the military, right?
- What had I done to engender an inspection?
- Join the MPT, open your nuclear facilities to inspection as everybody is demanding Iran to do.
- It's, it's subject to frequent inspection and proof.
- I'm my talent is inspection, instruction, execution.
- And again, just by inspection, I can pick one and negative I.
- Like on close inspection, it looks kind of mad.
Examples
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Gentlemen, upon closer inspection, your proposal is not as generous as you led us to believe.
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Please present your equipment for inspection.
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We had found a house a couple weeks ago and we had the inspection on Friday.
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What kind of food inspection is this?
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Perhaps a closer inspection will tell us something.
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We have a lot of duplication in the inspection process.
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We're just so busy with our bi-annual inspection here.
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I have an inspection I can't get out of.
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Would you please have your passports available for inspection... ...as you pass through the departure gate?
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North Korea promised to allow inspections and to stay in the NPT.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
An activity to check how well something works
720
1.0
An act of looking at something to make sure it is correct
490
3.0
A check by a doctor to see progress or problems
168
5.5
A close, careful look at something to find mistakes or problems
138
3.8
A careful check of something using a device
110
2.3
Careful study of something to find problems or details
97
2.8
An inspection in which someone looks carefully to check condition
45
4.9
A careful check of a company's money records by people from outside to find mistakes
14
4.9
A careful check of something to find problems
3
3.6
A short surprise test to see if work meets standards
1
3.8
A check you do before an event to find problems
1
4.2
A second check of a place or thing to make sure it meets standards
An official inspection at the place to check if rules are followed
A careful, close look at something to find small details
Antonyms
Compounds
Federal officers who protect the mail, postal workers, and customers
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word inspection comes from the parts in- ('into') and spect ('to look'), the same root you see in spectator ('a watcher'). So an inspection is literally a careful 'look into' something, which is why it means an official check to make sure things are right.