Detect
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈtɛkt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Detect is a verb meaning To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
Meaning
To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, informal) To work or solve cases as a detective.
- (obsolete) Detected.
Example Sentences
Let me introduce myself: Mike MacAdam, hotel detective. / H-how d-’you do? / Mind if I begin detecting?
Cantharidin, although readily decomposed by chemical agents, is so permanent in the body that it has been detected in the corpse of a cat eighty-four days after death.
That aversion is tested when he teams up with Pikachu (voiced by Ryan Reynolds), his father's detecting partner, after the father appears to have been killed in an accident.
In a detective story, a detective detects; an active effort is made to determine who committed a given crime, and detecting the identity of a criminal could not be done until there were detectives.
Word Forms
- detects
- detecting
- detected
Synonyms for detect
Depending on context, synonyms include observe, notice, discover.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include discover, observe, notice, scan, investigate, discovering.
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