n
Close inspection (typically of an animal)
v
(intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.
v
Obsolete form of aview. [(obsolete, transitive) To survey, observe; (loosely), to view.]
adj
Having been subject to analysis; examined closely, carefully considered.
v
(transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
n
(obsolete) The act of viewing; a look.
n
Examination and determination; test.
n
An examination in general.
v
(transitive) To evaluate one or more performers in through an audition.
n
(Hong Kong) A general health checkup performed by a medical practitioner.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To examine thoroughly, so as to separate or discover everything important.
v
To use clues or enticements to lead someone in the desired direction.
n
(countable) That which one browses through; something to read.
n
(Australia) an official inspection prior to a home sale, where the structural integrity and insect damage are checked.
v
(transitive) To report; communicate (a message) by telephone or similar.
n
(countable) A thorough discussion or investigation. (Possibly; the meaning is unclear.)
n
(idiomatic) The mutual oversight provided by a system of independent organizations with control over each other.
v
To visit in order to see how someone is doing.
v
(transitive) To verify a specific fact; to quickly examine a situation, especially to look for updates or new information on a topic that has previously been discussed.
v
(transitive) To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.
v
(transitive) To read and look for errors or problems.
v
(idiomatic) To inspect something, often to try to find errors, problems, etc.
v
(most often in phrasal verb "check up on") To verify through brief investigation or revisit for assurance that there are no problems.
v
To examine or inspect something in order to determine its condition; to check out.
n
The act of contacting another person in order to keep them informed of one's situation.
n
(often used attributively) Alternative form of checkup [A routine visit to the doctor, dentist, or the like.]
n
An inspection or investigation.
v
(intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
n
(medicine) Physical examination.
v
(transitive) to examine scrupulously
v
(transitive) To examine scrupulously.
v
(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
n
(of a literary work) Plot.
n
The establishment of communication (with).
v
(transitive) In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
n
(also figurative) An indication that a potentially bad or dangerous situation could develop.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To read parts of something.
v
To check (a person) for their understanding of something, as of a lesson, or attitude toward something.
v
Obsolete form of inspect. [To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.]
n
Obsolete form of inspection. [The act of examining something, often closely.]
v
(sciences) Shortened form of examine
n
(obsolete) One who is subjected to examination.
v
to observe or inspect carefully or critically
n
One who is examined, e.g. for medical reasons.
n
A physical examination of a patient.
v
(intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.
v
To convey or communicate one's own feelings or views.
v
(figuratively) To conduct an examination or inquiry; to investigate.
v
To subject ideas to review by a focus group in order to determine the viability of those ideas.
v
(transitive, slang) To forensically examine the crime scene, or any item found at the crime scene.
v
(idiomatic) To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
v
(transitive) To examine or scrutinize (a number or series of things).
n
An inspection, examination, review, or investigation.
n
Alternative spelling of going over [An inspection, examination, review, or investigation.]
n
(rare) Alternative spelling of going over [An inspection, examination, review, or investigation.]
v
(by extension) To search anything (perhaps a paper document by eye).
n
(sciences) The process of manually searching through academic journals, etc. rather than using electronic search facilities.
v
(intransitive) To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
n
An official inspection of a dwelling by a home inspector prior to its sale
v
To get together and discuss a topic.
n
One who undergoes an inspection.
adv
With inspection; looking closely.
n
The act of examining something, often closely.
n
(nonstandard) One who carries out an inspection; an inspector.
adj
Engaged in inspection; involving inspection.
n
An organized group of inspectors.
n
The condition of being an inspector; the office of an inspector
n
Obsolete spelling of inspection [The act of examining something, often closely.]
v
(transitive, literary) to examine critically.
v
To examine or evaluate the relationships between.
v
(transitive) To look into.
v
(transitive) To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to discover something hidden or secret.
n
The act of watching or invigilating.
v
(transitive, often with "to") To make sure of, to see to.
v
To inspect a building or area.
v
To check that (someone or something) is okay or that a process is continuing appropriately; to check up on; to monitor (someone) through brief, often surreptitious checks.
v
(idiomatic) to investigate, explore, or consider
v
(transitive) To scan-read and check for errors.
v
To inspect a building or area.
v
To take a view of the contents of; search in, either with the eyes or by hand.
n
Alternative form of lookup [An attempt to retrieve data.]
n
A brief visual inspection.
n
An attempt to retrieve data.
v
(colloquial) To cause someone or something to operate the way it does.
v
(transitive) To create a map of; to examine or survey in order to gather information for a map.
n
(informal) A medical examination.
n
(uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
v
(intransitive) To comment on something; to make an observation.
adj
(postpositive) Of a stated part of something, oriented towards the viewer or other specified direction.
n
A cursory inspection or survey.
n
An event during which a facility or institution is open to the public for inspection or tour.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To inspect throughly; to select.
v
(literally) To survey, look at something in a wide angle.
v
(transitive) To examine closely; to scrutinize.
n
The district thus inspected.
n
A general observation of an area conducted to ensure safety and security.
n
thorough examination of a document or of correspondence
v
(transitive, informal) To look over casually; to skim.
n
(medicine) The examination of the patient's body with the use of such methods as inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To review or analyse in great detail
v
To give a pitch (a presentation to convince someone on an idea) to (someone).
v
To choose, to pick, to fix one's choice on something or someone.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
v
(transitive) To display as an alert, advertisement, etc. that suddenly appears on screen.
v
to study meticulously; to go over again and again.
v
To examine something (especially written material) carefully and attentively.
v
To perform, display or exhibit for the first time.
n
The action of investigating or exploring.
v
(transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
n
The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
n
The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
n
Scope or range of interest or control.
v
(idiomatic) to understand the emotions and thoughts of the people present, especially to determine what would be appropriate or inappropriate to say or do
v
(transitive) To learn about a subject by reading; to acquire knowledge on an issue.
v
(transitive) To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
v
To survey; to look broadly over.
v
(idiomatic) Examine carefully and thoroughly.
v
(computing, transitive) To inspect, analyse or go over, often to find something.
v
(Scotland) To give a cursory examination.
v
(informal, transitive) To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
v
(transitive, informal) To examine; to scout; to investigate
v
(transitive, obsolete) To scrutinize.
v
(transitive) To scrutinise; to thoroughly check that an election is being run fairly, or that a vehicle meets the rules of a competition, etc.
v
(transitive) To audit accounts etc in order to verify them.
v
(transitive) To audit accounts etc in order to verify them.
n
Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
v
(intransitive, followed by "for") To look thoroughly.
v
To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.
v
(transitive) To inspect something fully.
v
(transitive) To perceive visually through something transparent.
n
(computing) The operation of navigating through a stream.
v
(transitive) To show someone the important parts of something (a building, town etc.)
n
The showing of a suspect to a victim by police in the hope of identifying the suspect as the culprit.
v
to share or disseminate another's information or material with one's own audience
v
To look through (a collection of documents, facts, etc.) to make sense of them or put them in order.
n
(idiomatic) A cursory inspection or examination, especially of a sample of something.
v
Alternative form of spot check [(idiomatic) To inspect or examine briefly, or by sampling.]
v
(idiomatic) To tell a lot of people; to inform as many people as one can.
v
(transitive) To orchestrate; to carry out.
n
(military) A warning, relatively far in advance, of a potential attack.
v
(transitive) To oversee; to superintend by inspection.
n
inspection from above, or by someone of superior rank
v
(transitive, obsolete) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
v
To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
adv
So as to survey or look over.
v
(obsolete) To look over; to supervise.
v
(intransitive, often with of) to assess a situation
v
(idiomatic) To scrutinize or size up something; to assess a situation.
v
To tell someone step by step how to do something.
n
(obsolete, US, slang) A thorough look or inspection.
n
(idiomatic) An obvious clue or indication.
n
Alternative spelling of tip-off [(idiomatic) An obvious clue or indication.]
v
To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
v
(transitive) To look intently into; examine; inspect.
n
A ceremony for the first public showing of something.
n
A procedure mandated by national or subnational governments in many countries, in which a vehicle is inspected to ensure that it conforms to regulations governing safety, emissions, or both. Inspection can be required at various times, e.g., periodically or on transfer of title to a vehicle.
n
A checking or investigation.
v
(slang) To perform a vibe check.
v
See; consult; refer to. A remark directing the reader to look to the specified place for epexegesis.
v
See; consult; refer to. A remark directing the readers to look to the specified place for epexegesis.
n
(medicine, insurance) A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.
n
An official visit to inspect or examine something.
v
(transitive) To subject to an examination of this kind.
n
An ecological survey carried out by walking across and examining a piece of land.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
n
Synonym of welfare check
v
(transitive, medicine) To give (a patient) a general medical examination to assess health and fitness.
n
(countable, medicine) A general medical examination to assess a person's health and fitness.
v
(transitive) To study (a piece of footage) closely.
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