inspectors
USin-SPEK-terz/ɪnˈspɛktɚz/UKin-SPEK-tuhz/ɪnˈspɛktəz/
- 1Plural of inspector.
Federal inspectors found cracks in two of the bridge's support beams.
Two health inspectors arrived unannounced to check the restaurant's kitchen.
Note
The word in front usually tells which inspectors are meant. Building, safety or federal inspectors are people employed to check things; police inspectors hold a rank below superintendent; browser inspectors are software tools a developer opens to examine a web page. The plural is the regular one with -s, and it carries all three meanings without any change of form.
inspectors is a form of inspector
inspector, noun: Someone employed to inspect things, examining them carefully as part of the job. Full entry
- Forms
- inspectorinspectors plural
- Spelling
- inspector → inspectors: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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