Inspect Meaning
/ɪnˈspɛkt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
verbTo observe the status or nature of an object beyond what is found obvious upon its initial presentation; to 'view within' the object.
Sentence Examples
You should inspect the car well before you buy it.
People love to inspect each other's houses.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The mechanic needs to ____ the car's engine carefully to find the problem.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The health officials will ____ the restaurant kitchen to make sure everything is clean and safe.
Word Origin & History
From Latin inspectum, past participle of inspicere (“to look into”), from in (“in”) + specere (“to look at”), equivalent to in- + -spect.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”.[…]’."
— 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The mechanic needs to ____ the car's engine carefully to find the problem.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The health officials will ____ the restaurant kitchen to make sure everything is clean and safe.