Inspection
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪnˈspɛkʃən/
- Rhymes: -ɛkʃən
Alternative forms
- enspection
- inspexion obsolete
Origin
From Middle French, from Old French inspeccion, from Latin inspectiÅ ("examination, inspection"), from the verb inspectÅ ("I inspect"), from spectÅ ("I observe, I watch"), frequentive of speciÅ ("I look at").
Full definition of inspection
Noun
inspection
(plural inspections)- Act of examining something, often closely.Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark!
- Organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.