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Added 8 October 2026

inspection

/ɪnˈspɛkʃən/ noun

Latin root: īnspectiō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about inspection at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The act of examining something, often closely.
Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark!
An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.
The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.

Origin

From Middle French, from Old French inspeccion, from Latin īnspectiō (“examination, inspection”), from the verb īnspiciō (“to inspect”), from speciō (“to look at”). By surface analysis, inspect + -ion.

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