Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ticket inspector

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: tick-et in-spec-tor
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who checks that passengers on public transport (such as trains or buses) have valid tickets for their journey and, in some systems, to mark or scan those tickets so they cannot be reused.

Example Sentences

"This was the first long train journey I ever took, and the details remain in my memory as sharply as if they had taken place last week. Hopping on the Circle Line to King's Cross, boarding the compartmentalised train, the kindly ticket inspectors, and every station where the Grimsby express stopped (in those days it didn't go through to Cleethorpes)."

Inflected Forms

ticket inspectors (plural) ticket-inspector (alternative)

Phrases

ticket inspection ticket-collector

Frequently Paired Words

ticket inspection ticket-collector

Synonyms

conductor ticket collector

Questions

What does ticket inspector mean?: A person who checks that passengers on public transport (such as trains or buses) have valid tickets for their journey and, in some systems, to mark or scan those tickets so they cannot be reused.

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