inspector in English: A person whose job is to look at things carefully to check that they are safe or correct. It is also the name of a police rank. (noun)

Translation

A person whose job is to look at things carefully to check that they are safe or correct. It is also the name of a police rank.

Word origin

From Latin inspicere, to look into, from in plus specere, to look.

Gender

Pluralinspectors

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An inspector looks closely and then reports.

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As a police rank it takes a capital letter before the name.

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Many jobs put a word in front: ticket inspector, health inspector.

police

The official group of people whose job is to stop crime and keep people safe.

officer

A person with a job of power in the police, the army, or a large office.

detective

A police officer, or another person, whose job is to find out who did a crime.

check

To look at something to see if it is right, safe, or working.

job

The work a person does regularly to earn money, or a task that must be done.

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