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Meaning of 'detect' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Detect [ a.]
- Detected.
2 . Detect [ 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.
- To inform against; to accuse.

Meaning of 'detect' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . detect [ v]
Meaning (1):
- discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
Example in sentence:
  • She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water;
  • We found traces of lead in the paint

Nearby Words:

detach detachable detached detaching detachment detail detailed detailer detailing detain

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