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UK
/ɪnspˈɛkt/
]
[ US /ˌɪnˈspɛkt/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈspɛkt/ ]
VERB
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look over carefully
Please inspect your father's will carefully -
come to see in an official or professional capacity
The governor visited the prison
The grant administrator visited the laboratory -
examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
audit accounts and tax returns
How To Use inspect In A Sentence
- You can't help thinking that the promise of that final inspection adds a little extra sparkle to the finished product. Times, Sunday Times
- The Chief Inspector has suggested a complete overhaul of the good book, reducing it to a pacier 250 pages, a greater focus on “Floods and brimstone and other cool stuff” and a possible rewrite by Dan Brown to “Sex the whole thing up a bit.” Archive 2008-10-01
- You can do a lot of that from our facility, but eventually a mobile system to inspect parts on wing is where we are going to be positioned.
- The effect would be a level of military involvement that would serve to collapse the distinction between inspection and invasion/occupation.
- More than 26,000 people made the trip to inspect the acers and aspidistras at what is fast becoming one of the best, and best-loved, horticultural events in the North of England.
- Mrs King is being supported by her husband Simon, a police inspector with Wiltshire Constabulary, who is also a seasoned runner.
- While he was chief inspector of schools parents could be sure that they had a powerful champion of high standards.
- General Pershing inspected and reviewed the 42nd Division on March 16.
- On closer inspection a radiologist's report confirmed an impacted fracture, but the report never reached Dr Blakeley.
- Tayside Police admit the whistle-blower's inside knowledge shows he has to be a high-ranking officer - at least an inspector and probably a superintendent.