INSPECT
Dictionary entry overview: What does inspect mean?
• INSPECT (verb)
The verb INSPECT has 3 senses:
1. look over carefully
2. come to see in an official or professional capacity
3. examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
Familiarity information: INSPECT used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• INSPECT (verb)
Meaning:
Look over carefully
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
Please inspect your father's will carefully
Hypernyms (to "inspect" is one way to...):
examine; see (observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "inspect"):
go over; review; survey (hold a review (of troops))
perambulate (make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property))
case (look over, usually with the intention to rob)
vet (examine carefully)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The customs agents inspect the bags for drugs
Meaning:
Come to see in an official or professional capacity
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
inspect; visit
Context examples:
The governor visited the prison / The grant administrator visited the laboratory
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
audit; scrutinise; scrutinize; inspect
Context example:
audit accounts and tax returns
Hypernyms (to "inspect" is one way to...):
analyse; analyze; canvas; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
