inspect
/ɪnˈspɛkt/
inspect verb: to examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
Verb
inspect (third-person singular simple present inspects, present participle inspecting, simple past and past participle inspected)
- To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
- Inspect the system for leaks.
- Synonyms:
- examine
- To observe the status or nature of an object beyond what is found obvious upon its initial presentation; to 'view within' the object.
- After speaking with the building owner, hearing that the building's steam pipes were over eighty years old, and noticing areas where the pipes had been patched with duct tape, we decided to thoroughly inspect the system for leaks.
- After talking with and observing his new patient for a few minutes, the doctor began to inspect his charge by means of a formal physical examination.
- To examine officially.
- The general inspected the troops and their barracks.
- ‘[…] 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
inspect meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
inspect in Hindi
- examine critically, scrutinize
- जाँचना jā̃cnā, जाँच करना jā̃c karnā
- view and examine officially
- जाँच jā̃c
inspect in Urdu
- to inspect
- معائنہ کرنا mu'āina karnā
inspect in Bengali
- পরিদর্শন করা, পরীক্ষা করা, খুঁটিয়ে দেখা
inspect in Malayalam
- to inspect
- പരിശോധിക്കുക pariśōdhikkuka
More languagesFewer languages
- inspect in Kannada
- ಒರೆದುನೋಡು, ಎಚ್ಚರದಿಂದ ನೋಡು
- inspect in Punjabi
- ਨਿਰੀਖਣ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- inspect in Sanskrit
- परीक्षते parīkṣate
- inspect in Nepali
- जाँच्नु jā̃cnu
- inspect in Tagalog
- tingin, masid
- inspect in Arabic
- فَحَصَ faḥaṣa, تَفَقَّدَ tafaqqada
- inspect in Vietnamese
- kiểm tra
Examples of inspect in a sentence
- We assign each item inspected a rating from A through G, depending on various factors.
- She placed the workpiece on the bench, inspected it closely, and opened the cover.
- The builders were carpeting in the living room when Zadie inspected her new house.
Synonyms of inspect
Forms of inspect
| third-person singular present | inspects |
|---|---|
| present participle | inspecting |
| past participle | inspected |
| past | inspected |
| alternative form | enspect |
Origin of inspect
From Latin inspectum, past participle of inspicere (“to look into”), from in (“in”) + specere (“to look at”), equivalent to in- + -spect.
Words formed from inspect
Words that rhyme with inspect
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- respect
- deflect
- dissect
- expect
- redirect
- suspect
- correct
- defect
- disconnect
- infect
- inflect
- neglect
- resurrect
- unchecked
- abject
- bisect
- deject
- deselect
- genuflect
- incorrect
- interject
- introspect
- object
- sect
- wrecked
- conject
- convect
- decked
- detect
- elect
- intersect
- necked
- perfect
- prospect
- protect
- recollect
- reconnect
- select
- subject
- trisect
- bandreject
- cathect
- cobra effect
- counterobject
- despect
- disinfect
- disject
- disrespect
Questions about inspect
- What does inspect mean?
- Inspect means to examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
- What is inspect in Hindi?
- Inspect in Hindi is जाँचना (jā̃cnā), जाँच करना (jā̃c karnā), जाँच (jā̃c). See Inspect meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is inspect?
- Inspect is a verb.
- How do you pronounce inspect?
- Inspect is pronounced /ɪnˈspɛkt/.
- What is the past tense of inspect?
- The past tense of inspect is inspected.
Words near inspect in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inspect (page history and authors); معائنہ کرنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); Inspect (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പരിശോധിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); inspect (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inspect (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-inspect.ogg.
Cite this entry: “inspect.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/inspect. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.