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Inspect

//ɪnˈspɛkt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.

    "Inspect the system for leaks."

  2. 2
    examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification wordnet
  3. 3
    To observe the status or nature of an object beyond what is found obvious upon its initial presentation; to 'view within' the object.

    "After speaking with the building owner, hearing that the building's steam pipes were over eighty years old, and noticing areas where the pipes had been patched with duct tape, we decided to thoroughly inspect the system for leaks."

  4. 4
    come to see in an official or professional capacity wordnet
  5. 5
    To view and examine officially.

    "The general inspected the troops and their barracks."

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  1. 6
    look over carefully wordnet

Etymology

From Latin inspectum, past participle of inspicere (“to look into”), from in (“in”) + specere (“to look at”), equivalent to in- + -spect.

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