Meaning

A person employed to inspect something..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Word Forms

• inspectors
• inspectour

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When Should You Use Inspector?

Use inspector when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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