inspector

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1

(noun.) official who inspects sth

ADJ

building, factory, (health and) safety, planning, (public) health, school, tax, ticket, weapons

The factory inspector checked the equipment during her routine visit last week.

VERB + INSPECTOR

call in

When safety concerns arose at the factory, the manager decided to call in an inspector.

INSPECTOR + VERB

be in charge of sth

The safety inspector was in charge of checking all the equipment at the factory.

look at sth | report (on) sth

PREP

~ of

The inspector of schools visited our classroom yesterday to observe how teachers were managing the lessons.

2

(noun.) police officer

ADJ

police | Chief, detective

PHRASES

the rank of inspector

Definitions

noun

1

A person employed to inspect something.

Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]. There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms.[…].

Martin had served as inspector general since December 2023. While President Donald Trump fired inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies during his first week in office, the USAID watchdog had remained in place.

2

A police officer ranking below superintendent.

3

A software tool used to examine something.

Google Chrome has a built-in development tool called the Chrome Inspector. You can use it to examine the HTML elements in a web page; review what resources — or files, cookies, and databases — are active; follow network activity;[…].

After that, with the help of the disk inspector, you can at any time compare the status of programs and system disk areas with the original one.

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noun — an investigator who observes carefully

examiner

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Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]. There are no inspe

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Martin had served as inspector general since December 2023. While President Donald Trump fired inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies during his first week in office, the USAID wat

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03

Google Chrome has a built-in development tool called the Chrome Inspector. You can use it to examine the HTML elements in a web page; review what resources — or files, cookies, and databases — are act

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04

Inspector, try to keep a lid on the situation until we can get more police down there.

Tatoeba · #238408

05

The inspector arrived at the school late on Monday morning.

Tatoeba · #277967

06

He is a sanitary inspector.

Tatoeba · #294079

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(noun.) official who inspects sth

(noun.) police officer

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