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[ dih-tekt ] / dɪˈtɛkt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR detect ON THESAURUS.COM
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.
Origin of detect1400–50; late Middle English <Latin dētēctus (past participle of dētegere), equivalent to dē-de- + teg(ere) to cover + -tus past participle suffix synonym study for detect2. See learn. OTHER WORDS FROM detectde·tect·a·ble, de·tect·i·ble, adjectivede·tect·a·bil·i·ty, de·tect·i·bil·i·ty, nounpre·de·tect, verb (used with object)un·de·tect·a·ble, adjective un·de·tect·a·bly, adverbun·de·tect·ed, adjectiveun·de·tect·i·ble, adjective Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for detectPreliminary results performed by Italian authorities “have not detected any manufacturing defect,” she added. Did This Flu Vaccine Kill 13?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST What specific bacteria and viruses can be detected in the sewage? The Secret to Tracking Ebola, MERS, and Flu? Sewers|Wudan Yan|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST If the doctor had time to work with Li, he might have seen that his back pain was atypical and detected AS in the first visit. Will US Health Care Follow in China’s Bloody Footsteps?|Daniela Drake|September 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Ukrainian government now says that its military has detected even more advanced antiaircraft batteries lined up on its border. Russia’s Military Is Already in East Ukraine. Will There Be a Full-Scale Invasion?|James Miller|August 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Soon after Anderson crossed the Cuban coast his U-2 was detected by Soviet radar. Russia’s Missiles Stung the World Long Before MH17|Clive Irving|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST The most passing glance would have detected that she was not "one of them," nor had she been long an inmate of this dwelling. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)|Charles James Lever This treaty of marriage was detected in February, 1609, and the parties summoned before the privy council. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. II (of 3)|Isaac Disraeli Once he detected a waiter, in the end where they stopped at Tula, stealing a bottle of castor-oil from the medicine chest. The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867.|E. Rameur How annoyed he would be if he knew that he had been detected telling the truth! Scarlet and Hyssop|E. F. Benson He detected the real cause of the maladies of half those who consulted him, and he did his utmost to remove it. A Book about Doctors|John Cordy Jeaffreson
British Dictionary definitions for detect
verb (tr)to perceive or noticeto 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) Derived forms of detectdetectable or detectible, adjectivedetecter, nounWord Origin for detectC15: from Latin dētectus uncovered, from dētegere to uncover, from de- + tegere to cover Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to detectdisclose, reveal, notice, recognize, expose, spot, distinguish, see, observe, identify, catch, uncover, find, encounter, unmask, note, espy, descry, ascertain, meet |