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detect
[ dih-tekt ]
verb (used with object)
- to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act:
to detect someone cheating.
- to discover the existence of:
to detect the odor of gas.
- to find out the true character or activity of:
to detect a spy.
- Telecommunications.
- to rectify alternating signal currents in a radio receiver.
- to demodulate.
detect
/ dɪˈtɛkt /
verb
- to perceive or notice
to detect a note of sarcasm
- to discover the existence or presence of (esp something likely to elude observation)
to detect alcohol in the blood
- to extract information from (an electromagnetic wave)
- obsolete.to reveal or expose (a crime, criminal, etc)
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Derived Forms
- deˈtecter, noun
- deˈtectable, adjective
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Other Words From
- de·tecta·ble de·tecti·ble adjective
- de·tecta·bili·ty de·tecti·bili·ty noun
- prede·tect verb (used with object)
- unde·tecta·ble adjective
- unde·tecta·bly adverb
- unde·tected adjective
- unde·tecti·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of detect1
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Example Sentences
No one who lives in an American city requires a flashlight to detect the presence of immigrants or the challenges they face daily.
That could change, however, if ISIS obtained the knowledge to build hard-to-detect bombs.
Testing methods can now detect HIV within ten days of infection.
The company is already brainstorming what it can detect next.
There is only one approved, working test that can detect whether or not Ebola is present in the blood.
Yet I think if we observe closely we shall detect traces of a spontaneous impulse towards self-adornment.
Tubercle bacilli are nearly always present, although animal inoculation may be necessary to detect them.
It is frequently desirable to detect formalin, which is the most common preservative added to cow's milk.
Fetherston strained his eyes towards the horizon, but declared that he could detect nothing.
This she had the wit to detect, as well as the incontrovertible fact that her youth and her chances were gone.
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