detect

  • 1Detect — De*tect (d[ e]*t[e^]kt ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detecting}.] 1. To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account. [1913 Webster] Plain good… …

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  • 2Detect — De*tect (d[ e]*t[e^]kt ), a. [L. detectus, p. p. of detegere to uncover, detect; de + tegere to cover. See {Tegument}.] Detected. [Obs.] Fabyan. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3detect — I verb be conscious of, become aware of, behold, bring to light, decipher, deduce, descry, determine, diagnose, diagnosticate, discern, discover, disinter, distinguish, divine, educe, espy, expose, extract, feel, ferret out, find, find out, gain… …

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  • 4detect — [dē tekt′, ditekt′] vt. [ME detecten < L detectus, pp. of detegere, to uncover < de , from + tegere, to cover: see THATCH] 1. to catch or discover, as in a misdeed 2. to discover or manage to perceive (something hidden or not easily… …

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  • 5detect — early 15c., from L. detectus, pp. of detegere uncover, expose, figuratively discover, reveal, disclose, from de un , off (see DE (Cf. de )) + tegere to cover (see STEGOSAURUS (Cf. stegosaurus)). Related: Detected; detecting …

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  • 6detect — [v] discover ascertain, catch, descry, dig up*, disclose, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, find, hit on*, hit upon*, identify, meet, meet with, nose out*, note, notice, observe, recognize, reveal, scent, see, smell out*, smoke out*, spot,… …

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  • 7detect — ► VERB 1) discover the presence or existence of. 2) discover or investigate (a crime or its perpetrators). 3) notice (something intangible or barely perceptible). DERIVATIVES detectable adjective detectably adverb detection noun …

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  • 8detect — 01. Grandma said she was feeling okay, but I think I could [detect] a bit of depression in the way she was speaking. 02. Some diseases are [detectable] at birth, and can be dealt with right away. 03. The early [detection] of skin cancer has saved …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 9detect — verb ADVERB ▪ early, late ▪ Some cancers can now be cured if they are detected early. ▪ quickly, rapidly ▪ automatically ▪ …

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  • 10detect — [[t]dɪte̱kt[/t]] detects, detecting, detected 1) VERB To detect something means to find it or discover that it is present somewhere by using equipment or making an investigation. [V n] ...a sensitive piece of equipment used to detect radiation …

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