(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something, you look at every part of it carefully in order to find out about it or check that it is all right.
Elaine went outside to ~ the playing field...
= examine
VERB: V n
~ion (~ions)
He had completed his ~ion of the doors...
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2.
When an official ~s a place or a group of people, they visit it and check it carefully, for example in order to find out whether regulations are being obeyed.
The Public Utilities Commission ~s us once a year...
VERB: V n
~ion
Officers making a routine ~ion of the vessel found fifty kilograms of the drug.
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