Preinspect

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To perform a preliminary inspection of; to look for potential problems with, before an official inspection. transitive

    "Now along with the inspection and licensing of places we are very, very frequently request to, in a sense, preinspect for the prospective applicant. At times we are asked to preinspect several potential pieces of real estate, to give our advice as to how adaptable they may be for this anticipated use."

Example

More examples

"Now along with the inspection and licensing of places we are very, very frequently request to, in a sense, preinspect for the prospective applicant. At times we are asked to preinspect several potential pieces of real estate, to give our advice as to how adaptable they may be for this anticipated use."

Etymology

From pre- + inspect.

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