inspections
in-SPEK-shuhnz/ɪnˈspɛkʃənz/
- 1Plural of inspection.
Routine inspections of the bridge revealed early signs of corrosion.
The agency scheduled surprise inspections at several processing plants.
Note
A regular plural, made by adding -s with no change to the stem, and it exists only where inspection can be counted. Each one is a separate occasion of examining (routine, surprise, annual), while the uncountable activity itself, as in a matter open to inspection, takes no plural. The same form also counts the bodies that enforce rules, so several inspections can mean several inspectorates.
inspections is a form of inspection
inspection, noun: The act of examining something carefully, often in close detail. Full entry
- Forms
- inspectioninspections plural
- Spelling
- inspection → inspections: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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