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Defenition of the word detect

    • Defenition of the word detect

      • To spot, detect, recognize, capture, or see something or someone having been unknown, invisible, obscured, too distant, or otherwise not found before.
      • To see, discover or determine something, unclear, distant or hidden, by looking carefully.
      • determine the existence of; "We detected traces of the poison in her food"
      • 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"
      • discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

    Synonyms for the word detect

      • become aware of
      • discover
      • distinguish
      • expose
      • find
      • find out
      • identify
      • notice
      • observe
      • perceive
      • reveal
      • sense
      • spot
      • uncover

    Similar words in the detect

      • detect
      • detected
      • detecting
      • detectives
      • detectors
      • detects

    Hyponyms for the word detect

      • catch out
      • find out
      • instantiate
      • see
      • sense
      • trace

    Hypernyms for the word detect

      • determine
      • set
      • sight
      • spy

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