Detect

[dɪ'tekt] or [dɪ'tɛkt]

Definition

(verb.) 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'.

Edited by Claudette--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Detected.

(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.

(v. t.) To inform against; to accuse.

Inputed by Giles

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Discover, expose, descry, find out, bring to light, lay open.

Inputed by Dan

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Discover, descry, unmask, expose

ANT:Miss, lose, misobserve, ignore, connive

Inputed by Adeline

Definition

v.t. (lit.) to uncover—hence to discover: to find out.—adjs. Detect′able Detect′ible.—ns. Detect′er -or one who detects: an apparatus for detecting something as a detector-lock which shows if it has been tampered with; Detec′tion discovery of something hidden: state of being found out.—adj. Detect′ive employed in detecting.—n. a policeman employed in the investigation of special cases of crime or in watching special classes of wrong-doers usually not in uniform.—Private detective one employed by a private person to gain information or to watch his interests.

Typed by Denis

Examples

Editor: Verna

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