inspection
/ɪnˈspɛkʃən/
inspection noun: the act of examining something, often closely.
Noun
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!
- Trap doors are provided at various places in the floor to facilitate inspection and maintenance of the diesel equipment.1960 September, “Inter-city diesel units for the Hull-Liverpool service of the N.E.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 559–560
- An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.
- The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.
inspection meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
inspection in Hindi
- the act of examining something, often closely
- निरीक्षण nirīkṣaṇ, जाँच jā̃c
inspection in Tamil
- ஆய்வு, ஆய்வு செய்தல், பார்வையிடல், மேற்பார்வை, சோதனையிடல், சோதித்தல்
inspection in Marathi
- inspection
- तपासणी tapāsṇī
inspection in Urdu
- the act of examining something, often closely
- مُعائِنَہ mu'āina
- organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed
- مُعائِنَہ mu'āina
More languagesFewer languages
- inspection in Bengali
- মোলাহেজা molaheza
- inspection in Malayalam
- പരിശോധന pariśōdhana
- inspection in Punjabi
- ਜਾਂਚ jāñc, ਪਰਖ parakh
- inspection in Gujarati
- તપાસણી tapāsṇī, નિરીક્ષણ nirīkṣaṇ
- inspection in Sanskrit
- परीक्षा parīkṣā
- inspection in Nepali
- निरीक्षण
- inspection in Arabic
- تَفَقُّد tafaqqud
- inspection in Malay
- pemeriksaan, inspeksi
- inspection in Indonesian
- pemeriksaan, inspeksi
- inspection in Vietnamese
- sự kiểm tra
Examples of inspection in a sentence
- The NHRC conducted onsite inspections of Chienchen and Suao Fishing Harbors and held numerous seminars with industry, government, and academia representatives.2022 May, “2021 Annual Report of the Control Yuan”, in Control Yuan, →ISBN, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2022, page 41:
- Parcels slide down a ramp after being scanned at the US Customs and Border Protection overseas mail inspection facility at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in February 2024.2025 May 2, Elisabeth Buchwald, Ramishah Maruf, “A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the...
Synonyms of inspection
Forms of inspection
| plural | inspections |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | inspexion |
Origin of inspection
From Middle French, from Old French inspeccion, from Latin īnspectiō (“examination, inspection”), from the verb īnspiciō (“to inspect”), from speciō (“to look at”). By surface analysis, inspect + -ion.
Words formed from inspection
Phrases with inspection
Words that rhyme with inspection
- section
- connection
- projection
- injection
- selection
- collection
- protection
- inflection
- reflection
- affection
- correction
- deflection
44 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- direction
- election
- erection
- complexion
- recollection
- resurrection
- dejection
- dissection
- flexion
- infection
- rejection
- connexion
- convection
- detection
- disconnection
- misdirection
- objection
- perfection
- vection
- advection
- ejection
- imperfection
- interjection
- introspection
- lection
- reflexion
- aspection
- callisection
- disinfection
- disruptive selection
- electrotransfection
- indirect election
- insurrection
- police protection
- porrection
- predilection
- retroflexion
- self-infection
- snap election
- ticket inspection
- transfection
- trivection
- type introspection
- vivisection
Questions about inspection
- What does inspection mean?
- Inspection means the act of examining something, often closely.
- What is inspection in Hindi?
- Inspection in Hindi is निरीक्षण (nirīkṣaṇ), जाँच (jā̃c). See Inspection meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use inspection in a sentence?
- The NHRC conducted onsite inspections of Chienchen and Suao Fishing Harbors and held numerous seminars with industry, government, and academia representatives.
- What part of speech is inspection?
- Inspection is a noun.
- How do you pronounce inspection?
- Inspection is pronounced /ɪnˈspɛkʃən/.
- What is the plural of inspection?
- The plural of inspection is inspections.
Words near inspection in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inspection (page history and authors); inspection (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); तपासणी (Marathi) (page history and authors); মোলাহেজা (Bengali) (page history and authors); ਜਾਂਚ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); તપાસણી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); inspection (Nepali, 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.
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