inspectorate

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inspectorate

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From inspector + -ate (forms nouns denoting a rank or office, a body of people performing it, the concrete charge of it).

noun inspectorates

  1. An organized group of inspectors. What makes a great primary? Let's deal with this one straight away – it isn't what Ofsted says. All the inspectorate has cared about in the past few years is data progression in maths and literacy.
  2. The office of an inspector.
  3. The jurisdiction of an inspector.

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noun organized group

Françaisinspectorat, inspection

noun office

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@misc{inspectorate_2026,
  title = {inspectorate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inspectorate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}