inspector
US /ˌɪnˈspɛktɚ/
Definition
a high ranking police officer
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The safety inspector visited the factory on Wednesday afternoon.
Word Family
Synonyms
- examinersomeone who administers a test to determine your qualifications
- auditorsomeone who listens attentively
- supervisorone who supervises or has charge and direction of
Collocations
- Easy building inspectorto building inspector, meaning to make by combining materials and parts
- Medium quality control inspectordescribing quality control inspector (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; --Shakespeare)
- Hard chief health and safety inspectordescribing chief health and safety inspector (a person who is in charge)
- Very Hard inspector general issuing scathing reportdescribing inspector general issuing scathing report (a high ranking police officer)
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