Inspector

//ɪnˈspɛktə// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person employed to inspect something.

    "Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms.[…]"

  2. 2
    an investigator who observes carefully wordnet
  3. 3
    A police officer ranking below superintendent.
  4. 4
    a high ranking police officer wordnet
  5. 5
    A software tool used to examine something.

    "Chrome has a built-in development tool called the Chrome Inspector. You can use it to examine the HTML elements in a web page; review what resources — or files, cookies, and databases — are active; follow network activity; […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms
examinerauditorbailiffbeadlebeaglebig brother

Example

More examples

"Inspector, try to keep a lid on the situation until we can get more police down there."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnspector, from īnspiciō, equivalent to inspect + -or.

Related phrases

detective inspectorfire inspectorhome inspectorinspector generalschool inspectortax inspectorticket inspectorticket-inspectorwallet inspectorweapons inspectorpolice officer

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