inspection
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French, from Old French inspeccion, from Latin īnspectiō (“examination, inspection”), from the verb īnspiciō (“I inspect”), from speciō (“I look at”). By surface analysis, inspect + -ion.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]inspection (countable and uncountable, plural inspections)
- The act of examining something, often closely.
- Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark!
- 1960 September, “Inter-city diesel units for the Hull-Liverpool service of the N.E.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 559–560:
- Trap doors are provided at various places in the floor to facilitate inspection and maintenance of the diesel equipment.
- 2022 May, “2021 Annual Report of the Control Yuan”, in Control Yuan[1], →ISBN, archived from the original on 29 June 2022, page 41:
- The NHRC conducted onsite inspections of Chienchen and Suao Fishing Harbors and held numerous seminars with industry, government, and academia representatives.
- An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.
- The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]the act of examining something, often closely
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organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed
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Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French inspeccion, borrowed from Latin īnspectiōnem (“examination, inspection”), from the verb īnspectō (“to inspect”), from spectō (“to observe, to watch”), frequentative of speciō (“to look at”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]inspection f (plural inspections)
- inspection (act of examining something, often closely)
Further reading
[edit]- “inspection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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