inspect
verb /ɪnˈspekt/
/ɪnˈspekt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they inspect | /ɪnˈspekt/ /ɪnˈspekt/ |
he / she / it inspects | /ɪnˈspekts/ /ɪnˈspekts/ |
past simple inspected | /ɪnˈspektɪd/ /ɪnˈspektɪd/ |
past participle inspected | /ɪnˈspektɪd/ /ɪnˈspektɪd/ |
-ing form inspecting | /ɪnˈspektɪŋ/ /ɪnˈspektɪŋ/ |
- inspect something/somebody The teacher walked around inspecting their work.
- Make sure you inspect the goods before signing for them.
- inspect something/somebody for something The plants are regularly inspected for disease.
Synonyms checkcheck- examine
- inspect
- go over something
- check to look at something closely to make sure that everything is correct, in good condition, safe or acceptable:
- Check your work before handing it in.
- examine to look at somebody/something closely to see if there is anything wrong or to find the cause of a problem:
- The goods were examined for damage on arrival.
- inspect to look at somebody/something closely to make sure that everything is acceptable; to officially visit a school, factory, etc. in order to check that rules are being obeyed and that standards are acceptable:
- Make sure you inspect the goods before signing for them.
- The Tourist Board inspects all recommended hotels at least once a year.
- go over something to check something carefully for mistakes, damage or anything dangerous:
- Go over your work for spelling mistakes before you hand it in.
- to check/examine/inspect/go over (something) for something
- to check/examine/inspect/go over something to see if/whether…
- to check/examine/inspect/go over something carefully/thoroughly
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc1- He inspected the water tank carefully for cracks.
- The first step is to visually inspect the ground, looking for rocks and lumps.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- closely
- thoroughly
- …
- allow somebody to
- be entitled to
- for
- Public health officials were called in to inspect the premises.
- The Tourist Board inspects all recommended hotels at least once a year.
Synonyms checkcheck- examine
- inspect
- go over something
- check to look at something closely to make sure that everything is correct, in good condition, safe or acceptable:
- Check your work before handing it in.
- examine to look at somebody/something closely to see if there is anything wrong or to find the cause of a problem:
- The goods were examined for damage on arrival.
- inspect to look at somebody/something closely to make sure that everything is acceptable; to officially visit a school, factory, etc. in order to check that rules are being obeyed and that standards are acceptable:
- Make sure you inspect the goods before signing for them.
- The Tourist Board inspects all recommended hotels at least once a year.
- go over something to check something carefully for mistakes, damage or anything dangerous:
- Go over your work for spelling mistakes before you hand it in.
- to check/examine/inspect/go over (something) for something
- to check/examine/inspect/go over something to see if/whether…
- to check/examine/inspect/go over something carefully/thoroughly
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- closely
- thoroughly
- …
- allow somebody to
- be entitled to
- for
Word Originearly 17th cent. (earlier (late Middle English) as inspection): from Latin inspect- ‘looked into, examined’, from the verb inspicere (from in- ‘in’ + specere ‘look at’), or from its frequentative, inspectare.