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# inspection

«inspection» in Mova's school dictionary: **a careful look at something to check that it is right…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an inspection, inspections)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An inspection is a careful look at something to check that it is right, safe or in good condition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inspection/#m1)

2) An inspection is an official visit to check a place, like a school, a restaurant or a car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inspection/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life cars, buildings and kitchens have safety inspections; schools have inspections by inspectors (Ofsted in England, ERO in New Zealand). In science, close inspection with a magnifying glass. In stories a sergeant holds a uniform inspection. Phrases: on closer inspection, carry out an inspection, safety inspection, inspection day.

### examples

- The school is having an inspection next week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inspection/#x1)
- On closer inspection, the "spider" was a bit of fluff. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inspection/#x2)
- The car failed its safety inspection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inspection/#x3)
- The chef cleaned the kitchen before the inspection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inspection/#x4)
- Under the magnifying glass, our inspection showed tiny hairs on the leaf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inspection/#x5)
- The soldiers stood still for inspection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inspection/#x6)
- Each bike gets a quick inspection before the ride. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inspection/#x7)
- An inspection found 3 broken seats out of 40. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inspection/#x8)
- Khacan, overjoyed at this news, gave orders that the slave should be brought for his inspection on his return from the palace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inspection/#x9)

### note

Starts with a vowel: "an inspection". Verb: inspect. Person: inspector. "On closer inspection" means when looked at more carefully, often showing something different.

### In the corpora

- ["Requires improvement" is an official UK inspection grade meaning the school is poor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/16-school-reports/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inspection» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inspection/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.