inspection

• inspexion (obsolete)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈspɛkʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

inspection (countable and uncountable, plural inspections)

1. The act of examining something, often closely.

   Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark!

2. An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.

   The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.

• examination
• scrutiny

• inspect
• inspector

• cispontine, inceptions

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃s.pɛk.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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inspection f (plural inspections)

1. inspection (act of examining something, often closely)

• “inspection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.