ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Preinspect

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Preinspect is a verb meaning (transitive) To perform a preliminary inspection of; to look for potential problems with, before an official inspection.

Meaning

(transitive) To perform a preliminary inspection of; to look for potential problems with, before an official inspection.

Example Sentences

The plant may preinspect some or all of the birds.
The contractor would first preinspect the area (preparatory inspection) to make sure that the subsurface is clean and free from defects.
Now along with the inspection and licensing of places we are very, very frequently request to, in a sense, preinspect for the prospective applicant. At times we are asked to preinspect several potential pieces of real estate, to give our advice as to how adaptable they may be for this anticipated use.
Sea-Land is trying new and innovative ideas to increase its productivity through ideas like creating disincentives for truck operators to "mispark" containers in the terminal yard, preinspecting chassis so that truck operators can avoid the lines through the roadability check station, and other non-technical smart ideas.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include preexamine, preflight, preinterview, prescreen, previsit, precheck.

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