INSPECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inspection mean? 

• INSPECTION (noun)
  The noun INSPECTION has 1 sense:

1. a formal or official examination

  Familiarity information: INSPECTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSPECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A formal or official examination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

inspection; review

Context example:

we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator

Hypernyms ("inspection" is a kind of...):

examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inspection"):

check; check-out procedure; checkout (the act of inspecting or verifying)

Derivation:

inspect (come to see in an official or professional capacity)

 Context examples 

His brain was a most accessible storehouse of remembered fact and fancy, and its contents seemed ever ordered and spread for his inspection.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

However, on closer inspection, the tail was apparent.

(Dinosaur Tail Found in Myanmar, VOA News)

Upon closer inspection, Molnar and his team discovered the stars were getting closer to one another.

(Star Explosion Could Change Night Sky, VOA News)

By an inspection of the trains, and by reckoning the time.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

An inspection of his chair showed me that he had been in the habit of standing on it, which of course would be necessary in order that he should reach the ventilator.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She laughed and shook her head, and held her hands up for inspection.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Checkup is a general examination or inspection, especially one carried out by a doctor or dentist.

(Checkup, NCI Thesaurus)

Macroscopic inspection commonly used to describe physical objects that are measurable and observable by the naked eye.

(Device Image Inspection Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

Having been subjected to inspection or evaluation.

(Examined, NCI Thesaurus)

Proper machine inspection and maintenance can help prevent accidents.

(Farm Health and Safety, Occupational Safety and Health Administration)