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Inspect

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transitive verb. To examine carefully and critically, especially for flaws.

transitive verb. To review or examine officially.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To view closely and critically; examine (a thing or place) in order to ascertain its quality or condition; especially, to examine officially in order to make a formal report.

Synonyms To scrutinize, investigate, oversee.

To look closely; examine: with into.

noun. Inspection.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

transitive verb. To look upon; to view closely and critically, esp. in order to ascertain quality or condition, to detect errors, etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to investigate.

transitive verb. To view and examine officially, as troops, arms, goods offered, work done for the public, etc.; to oversee; to superintend.

noun. Inspection.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

verb. to examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize

verb. to view and examine officially

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

verb. examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification

verb. look over carefully

verb. come to see in an official or professional capacity

Word Usage

"And again, just looking here at what we have seen in this very narrow corridor, which we have been able to inspect, that is not surprising."

Form

inspection inspector

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

analyse analyze canvas canvass examine

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Brecht Hecht Select affect bedecked

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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Synonym

Words with the same meaning

autopsy canvass catechize check check out

verb-form

inspected inspecting inspectional inspects