I hope this makes it through baggage inspection.
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Inspection
//ɪnˈspɛkʃən//
Synonyms for "inspection" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
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Related words (42)
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77 translations across 38 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَفَقُّد noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Belarusian
4 entries- iнспэ́кцыя noun (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed)
- праве́рка noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- інспе́кцыя noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- інспе́кцыя noun (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- निरीक्षण noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Bulgarian
4 entries- инспе́кция noun (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed)
- пре́глед noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- прове́рка noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- реви́зия noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Catalan
1 entries- inspecció noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 檢查 /检查 noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- teftiş noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Czech
3 entries- inspekce noun (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed)
- kontrola noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- prohlídka noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Dutch
4 entries- inspectie noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- inspectie noun (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed)
- keuring noun (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed)
- onderzoek noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Esperanto
2 entries- inspekto noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- pririgardo noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Finnish
4 entries- katsastus noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- tarkastelu noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- tarkastus noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- tarkastusvirasto noun (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed)
French
1 entries- inspection noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
German
2 entries- Inspektion noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- Prüfung noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Greek
2 entries- εξέταση noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- επιθεώρηση noun (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed)
Hindi
2 entries- जाँच noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- निरीक्षण noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Hungarian
1 entries- ellenőrzés noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Indonesian
2 entries- inspeksi noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- pemeriksaan noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Italian
4 entries- analisi noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- controllo noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- esame noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- ispezione noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Japanese
1 entries- 検査 noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Korean
1 entries- 검사 noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Malay
2 entries- inspeksi noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- pemeriksaan noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Malayalam
1 entries- പരിശോധന noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Māori
1 entries- mātaitanga noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- inspeksjon noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- inspeksjon noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Old English
2 entries- inscēawung noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- smēagung noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Polish
4 entries- badanie noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- inspekcja noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- inspekcja noun (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed)
- kontrola noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Portuguese
1 entries- inspeção noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Romanian
3 entries- controlare noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- inspectare noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- inspecționare noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Russian
3 entries- инспе́кция noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- инспе́кция noun (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed)
- прове́рка noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Sanskrit
1 entries- परीक्षा noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Spanish
1 entries- inspección noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Turkish
1 entries- teftiş noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Ukrainian
3 entries- переві́рка noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- інспе́кція noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- інспе́кція noun (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed)
Urdu
2 entries- مُعائِنَہ noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
- مُعائِنَہ noun (organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự kiểm tra noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Welsh
1 entries- arolwg noun (the act of examining something, often closely)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
For nothing is so beautiful but that it betrays some defect on close inspection.
Source: tatoeba (36436)
The trucks had failed the inspection, but the drivers took them out anyway.
Source: tatoeba (36943)
The building did not pass a fire inspection.
Source: tatoeba (48311)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.