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Definition of inspector noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

inspector

noun
 
 
/ɪnˈspektə(r)/
 
/ɪnˈspektər/
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  1.  
    (abbreviation Insp)
    an officer of middle rank in the police force
    • Inspector Maggie Forbes
    • He reached the rank of inspector.
    see also chief inspectorTopics Law and justiceb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • police
    • Chief
    • detective
    • …
    phrases
    • the rank of inspector
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  2.  
    a person whose job is to visit schools, factories, etc. to check that rules are being obeyed and that standards are acceptable
    • a school/health/safety inspector
    see also tax inspector
    Extra Examples
    • An inspector was sent to the scene of the incident.
    • He agreed to allow weapons inspectors in his country.
    • Independent inspectors were called in.
    • The school inspectors were called in.
    • UN weapons inspectors
    • an inspector of prisons
    • the inspector in charge of producing the report
    • The health and safety inspector wrote a worrying report on the building.
    Topics Educationc1, Jobsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • chief
    • deputy
    • local
    • …
    verb + inspector
    • call
    • call in
    • send
    • …
    inspector + verb
    • arrive
    • visit
    • be in charge of something
    • …
    preposition
    • inspector of
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  3. (in the UK) a person whose job is to check tickets on a bus or trainTopics Transport by bus and trainb2
    4. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin, from inspicere (from in- ‘in’ + specere ‘look at’).
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