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detectdetect /dɪˈtɛkt/ ●●○ AWL verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYdetectOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin detectus, past participle of detegere to uncover VERB TABLEdetect |
| Present | I, you, we, they | detect | | he, she, it | detects | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | detected | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have detected | | he, she, it | has detected | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had detected | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will detect | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have detected |
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| Present | I | am detecting | | he, she, it | is detecting | | you, we, they | are detecting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was detecting | | you, we, they | were detecting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been detecting | | he, she, it | has been detecting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been detecting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be detecting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been detecting |
► difficult/hard/easy etc. to detect It was difficult to detect any pattern in the evidence. THESAURUSdiscover by searching/chance► find to see or get something, either by searching for it or by chance: I found a wallet in the parking lot. Have you found your plane ticket yet? ► discover to find something that was hidden or that people did not know about before: Some hikers discovered dinosaur bones near the river. ► locate to find the exact position of something: We couldn’t locate the source of the radio signal. ► detect to notice or discover something that is not easy to see, hear, etc.: The test can detect cancer at an early stage in the disease. ► uncover to discover something that has been kept secret or hidden: His daughter is trying to uncover the truth about his past. ► unearth to find out information or the truth about something that has been hidden for a long time: It was years before the full story was unearthed. ► track somebody/something down to find someone or something after searching in different places: Detectives finally tracked her down in California. ► trace to find someone or something that has disappeared: The police are trying to trace the person who left the baby at the hospital. ► turn something up informal to find something by searching for it thoroughly: The investigation hasn’t turned up any new evidence. ► stumble on/across (also come across) to find something by accident: Pye stumbled on the story when he was researching a book about New York in the early 1900s. to notice or discover something, especially something that is not easy to see, hear, etc. SYN discover: Many forms of cancer can be cured if detected early. Most people couldn’t detect any difference in flavor.difficult/hard/easy etc. to detect It was difficult to detect any pattern in the evidence.► see thesaurus at find1 [Origin: 1400–1500 Latin detectus, past participle of detegere to uncover]—detectable adjective |