{
    "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’)."
}