in'spection
World English Dictionary
inspect (ɪnˈspɛkt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to examine closely, esp for faults or errors |
| 2. | to scrutinize officially (a document, military personnel on ceremonial parade, etc) |
| [C17: from Latin inspicere, from specere to look] | |
| in'spectable | |
| —adj | |
| in'spectingly | |
| —adv | |
| in'spection | |
| —n | |
| in'spectional | |
| —adj | |
| in'spective | |
| —adj | |
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In'spection
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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