"inspect" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈspɛkt/ Audio: en-us-inspect.ogg Forms: inspects [present, singular, third-person], inspecting [participle, present], inspected [participle, past], inspected [past]
Rhymes: -ɛkt Etymology: From Latin inspectum, past participle of inspicere (“to look into”), from in (“in”) + specere (“to look at”), equivalent to in- + -spect. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*speḱ-}}, {{uder|en|la|inspectum}} Latin inspectum, {{confix|en|in|spect}} in- + -spect Head templates: {{en-verb}} inspect (third-person singular simple present inspects, present participle inspecting, simple past and past participle inspected)
  1. To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize. Synonyms (to examine critically or carefully): examine Translations (examine critically, scrutinize): զննել (znnel) (Armenian), агляда́ць (ahljadácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), агле́дзець (ahljédzjecʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), преглеждам (pregleždam) (Bulgarian), inspeccionar (Catalan), 調查 /调查 (diàochá) (Chinese Mandarin), 檢查 /检查 (jiǎnchá) (Chinese Mandarin), inspecteren (Dutch), onderzoeken (Dutch), inspekti (Esperanto), kontroli (Esperanto), tarkastaa (Finnish), suorittaa tarkastus (Finnish), tutkia (Finnish), inspeccionar (Galician), cachear (Galician), rexistrar (Galician), begutachten (German), untersuchen (German), inspizieren (German), megvizsgál (Hungarian), katsella (Ingrian), ispezionare (Italian), investigare (Italian), analizzare (Italian), fetish (Juba Arabic), ពិនិត្យ (pinɨt) (Khmer), aspiciō (Latin), inspiciō (Latin), mātātaki (Maori), tōmene (Maori), जाँच्नु (jā̃cnu) (Nepali), inscēawian (Old English), smēagan (Old English), осма́тривать (osmátrivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), осмотре́ть (osmotrétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), परीक्षते (parīkṣate) (Sanskrit), inspeccionar (Spanish), inspektera (Swedish), tingin (Tagalog), kiểm tra (Vietnamese)
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  2. To view and examine officially. Translations (view and examine officially): інспектава́ць (inspjektavácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), праінспектава́ць (prainspjektavácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), инспектирам (inspektiram) (Bulgarian), inspeccionar (Catalan), 调查 (diàochá) (Chinese Mandarin), inspekti (Esperanto), tarkastaa (Finnish), suorittaa tarkastus (Finnish), inspizieren (German), prüfen (German), begutachten (German), bevizsgál (Hungarian), megtekint (Hungarian), ellenőriz (Hungarian), ispezionare (Italian), aspiciō (Latin), inspiciō (Latin), जाँच्नु (jā̃cnu) (Nepali), sakatta'uu (Oromo), инспекти́ровать (inspektírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), проинспекти́ровать (proinspektírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), inspeccionar (Spanish), pasar revista (Spanish), inspektera (Swedish), masid (Tagalog), інспектува́ти (inspektuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), проінспектува́ти (proinspektuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-inspect-en-verb-BFDQJEU2 Disambiguation of 'view and examine officially': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: enspect [rare] Derived forms: inspect the plumbing, inspector, inspection

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "pga",
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          "word": "fetish"
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          "word": "inspeccionar"
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          "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
          "word": "kontroli"
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          "word": "cachear"
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          "word": "rexistrar"
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          "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
          "word": "inspizieren"
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          "word": "megvizsgál"
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          "word": "katsella"
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          "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
          "word": "investigare"
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          "roman": "jā̃cnu",
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          "word": "जाँच्नु"
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          "word": "inscēawian"
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          "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
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          "roman": "osmátrivatʹ",
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          "word": "осма́тривать"
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          "roman": "osmotrétʹ",
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          "roman": "parīkṣate",
          "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
          "word": "परीक्षते"
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          "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
          "word": "inspeccionar"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
          "word": "inspektera"
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          "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
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          "text": "The general inspected the troops and their barracks.",
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          "ref": "1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:",
          "text": "‘[…] 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”.[…]’.",
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          "roman": "inspjektavácʹ",
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      "code": "pga",
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      "word": "fetish"
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      "word": "զննել"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "ahljadácʹ",
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "агле́дзець"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pregleždam",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "преглеждам"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "inspeccionar"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diàochá",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "調查 /调查"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎnchá",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "onderzoeken"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
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      "word": "inspekti"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "kontroli"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "tarkastaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "suorittaa tarkastus"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "word": "inspeccionar"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
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      "word": "cachear"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "rexistrar"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "begutachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "untersuchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "inspizieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "megvizsgál"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "katsella"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "ispezionare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "investigare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "analizzare"
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    {
      "code": "km",
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      "roman": "pinɨt",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "ពិនិត្យ"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "aspiciō"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "inspiciō"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "mātātaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "tōmene"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "jā̃cnu",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "जाँच्नु"
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    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "inscēawian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "smēagan"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osmátrivatʹ",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "осма́тривать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osmotrétʹ",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "осмотре́ть"
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    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "parīkṣate",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "परीक्षते"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "inspeccionar"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "inspektera"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "tingin"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "examine critically, scrutinize",
      "word": "kiểm tra"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "inspjektavácʹ",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "інспектава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "prainspjektavácʹ",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "праінспектава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "inspektiram",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "инспектирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "inspeccionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diàochá",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "调查"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "inspekti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "tarkastaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "suorittaa tarkastus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "inspizieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "prüfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "begutachten"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "bevizsgál"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "megtekint"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "ispezionare"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "aspiciō"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "inspiciō"
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      "code": "ne",
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      "roman": "jā̃cnu",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "जाँच्नु"
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      "code": "om",
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      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "sakatta'uu"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "inspektírovatʹ",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "инспекти́ровать"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proinspektírovatʹ",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "проинспекти́ровать"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "inspeccionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "pasar revista"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "inspektera"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
      "word": "masid"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "proinspektuváty",
      "sense": "view and examine officially",
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  "word": "inspect"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (eaedd02 and 8fbd9e8). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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