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1. (v.t.) detect
to discover or notice the existence or presence of:
to detect the odor of gas.
2. detect
to discover (a person) in some act:
to detect someone cheating.
3. detect
to discover the true, usu. concealed or underlying nature of.
4. detect
to demodulate.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L dētēctus, ptp. of dētegere to uncover)
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| Definition of 'detect' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) detect, observe, find, discover, notice
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
"She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
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1. (verb) detect
to notice or sense
a blood test that can detect the disease; He detected fear in her voice.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) detect
detected
2. (verb) detect
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
3. (verb) detect
to inform against; to accuse
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Sense: to notice or discover
She thought she could detect a smell of gas.
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 Afrikaans: bespeur |
 Arabic: يَكْتَشِف |
 Bulgarian: откривам |
 Brazilian: detectar |
 Czech: objevit, zjistit |
 German: entdecken |
 Danish: mærke; opdage |
 Greek: εντοπίζω, αντιλαμβάνομαι |
 Spanish: detectar, sentir |
 Estonian: tajuma, tabama |
 Farsi: پی بردن به؛ کشف کردن |
 Finnish: havaita |
 French: détecter |
 Hebrew: לְגָלוֹת |
 Hindi: पकड़ पाना |
 Croatian: detektirati |
 Hungarian: felfedez |
 Indonesian: menemukan |
 Icelandic: uppgötva, átta sig á |
 Italian: scoprire |
 Japanese: 見つける |
 Korean: 찾아내다 |
 Lithuanian: susekti, aptikti |
 Latvian: atklāt; uziet; atrast; uz |
 Malay: kesan |
 Dutch: bespeuren |
 Norwegian: fornemme, merke, oppdage |
 Polish: wykrywać, odkrywać |
 Persian: پی بردن به؛ کشف کردن |
 Pashto: موندل، څرګندول، كشفول |
 Portuguese: sentir |
 Romanian: a detecta |
 Russian: уловить |
 Slovak: zistiť |
 Slovenian: odkriti |
 Serbian: primetiti |
 Swedish: upptäcka, uppdaga, märka |
 Thai: สืบหา |
 Turkish: farkına varmak, sezmek, k |
 Taiwanese: 察覺 |
 Ukrainian: виявляти; викривати |
 Urdu: کسی بات یا شی کو محسوس کر |
 Vietnamese: phát hiện |
 Chinese: 察觉 |
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