Inspector

Quick meaning: Inspector is a noun meaning A person employed to inspect something.

Meaning

A person employed to inspect something.

More Meanings

1. (law enforcement) A police officer ranking below superintendent.
2. (computing) A software tool used to examine something.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

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;[…].

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.[…].

Word Forms

• inspectors
• inspectour

Synonyms for inspector

Depending on context, synonyms include examiner.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include examiner, inspectorate, controller, inspection, inspecting, investigator.

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