inspector B2 Topic:People & Society US /ɪnˈspɛk.tɚ/ UK /ɪnˈspɛk.tə/ See IPA manual Freq #1443 Meanings 1 noun A person whose job is to officially check that something is correct or meets standards. The ticket inspector asked to see our passes. 2 noun A police officer of fairly high rank. The inspector questioned the witnesses about the robbery. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person whose job is to... examiner Word family Forms inspectors Derived forms inspectorateinspectorshipinspectresssubinspectorticket-inspector Related forms inspectinspection Common collocations building inspector Adjective + noun chief inspector Adjective + noun health inspector Adjective + noun tax inspector Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin īnspector, from īnspiciō, equivalent to inspect + -or. Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # inspector **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪnˈspɛk.tɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈspɛk.tə/ **Frequency rank:** 1443 ## Meanings 1. A person whose job is to officially check that something is correct or meets standards. 2. A police officer of fairly high rank. ## Examples - The ticket inspector asked to see our passes. - The inspector questioned the witnesses about the robbery. ## Derived Forms - inspectorate - inspectorship - inspectress - subinspector - ticket-inspector ## Related Forms - inspect - inspection ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin īnspector, from īnspiciō, equivalent to inspect + -or. ## AI Etymology Inspector is borrowed from Latin īnspector, from īnspiciō, equivalent to inspect + -or. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. ## Topics - People & Society markdown