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Definition of Detect
1. Verb. Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of. "We found traces of lead in the paint"
Specialized synonyms: Catch Out, Find Out, Sense, Instantiate, Trace, See
Related verbs: Discover, Find
Generic synonyms: Sight, Spy
Derivative terms: Detecting, Detection, Detector, Detector, Discoverer, Discovery, Discovery, Discovery, Find, Finder, Finding, Finding, Notice, Observable, Observance, Observant, Observation, Observation, Observation, Observer
Definition of Detect
1. a. Detected.
2. v. t. 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.
Definition of Detect
1. Verb. to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Detect
1. to discover or perceive [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Detect
1. And (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detect
Literary usage of Detect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Costs And Effectiveness Of Prostate Cancer Screening In Elderly Menby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"3 Technologies To detect Prostate Cancer M he most commonly used technologies
for detect- ^fm ing and diagnosing prostate cancer are digital m rectal ..."
2. School Management: Including a Full Discussion of School Economy, School by Albert Newton Raub (1882)
"How to detect Offenders. The detection of offenders, particularly among older
pupils, is not only a delicate task, but sometimes also one of great ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"In ternary alloys it has been found possible to detect two, and sometimes three,
distinctly different compounds in the same microscopic field. ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... of various style of expression : he will perhaps detect the latent prejudices,
and personal resentments, which soured the temper of Ammianus himself; ..."
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