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{
"term": "inspector",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an officer of middle rank in the police force",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Inspector Maggie Forbes"
},
{
"text": "He reached the rank of inspector."
}
],
"topics": ["Law and justice"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["police", "Chief", "detective"],
"phrases": ["the rank of inspector"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person whose job is to visit schools, factories, etc. to check that rules are being obeyed and that standards are acceptable",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a school/health/safety inspector"
},
{
"text": "An inspector was sent to the scene of the incident."
},
{
"text": "He agreed to allow weapons inspectors in his country."
},
{
"text": "Independent inspectors were called in."
},
{
"text": "The school inspectors were called in."
},
{
"text": "UN weapons inspectors"
},
{
"text": "an inspector of prisons"
},
{
"text": "the inspector in charge of producing the report"
},
{
"text": "The health and safety inspector wrote a worrying report on the building."
}
],
"topics": ["Education", "Jobs"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["chief", "deputy", "local"],
"verb + inspector": ["call", "call in", "send"],
"inspector + verb": ["arrive", "visit", "be in charge of something"],
"preposition": ["inspector of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "(in the UK) a person whose job is to check tickets on a bus or train",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Transport by bus and train"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈspektə(r)/",
"audio": "in/inspector/inspector__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈspektər/",
"audio": "in/inspector/inspector__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin, from inspicere (from in- ‘in’ + specere ‘look at’)."
}