inspect
pronunciation
How to pronounce inspect in British English:
UK [ɪnˈspekt]
How to pronounce inspect in American English:
US [ɪnˈspekt]
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- Verb:
- look over carefully
- come to see in an official or professional capacity
- of accounts and tax returns; with the intent to verify
Word Origin
- inspect (v.)
- 1620s, from Latin inspectus, past participle of inspicere "to look into" (see inspection). Related: Inspected; inspecting.
Synonym
Example
- 1. And may not be able to inspect the home before purchase .
- 2. Last summer , mr. loewi led his stu-dents to inspect a mountain at the equator .
- 3. Under customs authority , the department of homeland security could inspect what enters and exits the united states in cyberspace .
- 4. They didn 't even mind when seeley gently swept away the top layer of bees to inspect the ones underneath .
- 5. American and chinese regulators have been rowing over whether america 's accounting watchdog may inspect deloitte shanghai 's work .