Detect

Definition: Detect

Detect

Verb

1. 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".

2. Determine the existence of; "We detected traces of the poison in her food".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "detect" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1517. (references)

Synonyms: Detect

Discovery

Open the eyes to; see through, see daylight, see in its true colors, see the cloven foot; detect; catch, catch tripping.

Crosswords: Detect

Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it. (S1m0ne; writing credit: Andrew Niccol)

I do detect a sense of familiarity and disappointment (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

I detect, like me, you're endowed with the gift of gab. (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; writing credit: Ethan Coen)

Go and detect. (Running Scared; writing credit: Gary DeVore; Jimmy Huston)

That's how you detect invisible ink. Weren't you ever in the Boy Scouts (Arabesque; writing credit: Gordon Cotler; Julian Mitchell)

Try to detect it (Whip It; performing artist: Devo)

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Books

• Cheating on Tests: How to Do It, Detect It, and Prevent It (reference)

• Gambling Scams: How They Work, How to Detect Them, How to Protect Yourself (reference)

• How to Detect Damaged, Altered and Repaired Stamps (reference)

• Preventive Home Maintenance: How to Detect and Prevent Structural, Electrical, Plumbing, and Other Problems in Your Home (Homeowners Library Series) (reference)

• The Bank Employee's Fraud and Security Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Detect and Prevent Loss (reference)

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Music

• Detect (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Shown is a side-by-side of two normal mammograms showing the difference between a dense breast (left) and a fatty breast (right). The dense breast is that of a woman aged 39, the fatty breast is that of a 59-year old woman. Abnormal lesions are easier to detect and diagnose in a fatty breast making mammography more accurate. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

One of the many uses for the laser in medical research is as a light source to detect premalignant and malignant cells in a Pap smear. Shown here are gynecologic cells passing in a stream through the laser beam where each cell is analyzed. Abnormal-appearing cells can be sorted from the rest of the cells and later examined by a pathologist for evidence of cancer. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Dr. Robert H. Huffaker is testing what will be an air-tight cabinet, by introducing Freon gas, and using a GE Halogen gas detector in order to detect any leakage of the contained gas. Credit: CDC.

Immunofluorescence is a staining technique used to detect and help diagnose the H. influenzae bacterium. Credit: CDC.

NASA Scientists Detect Rapid Thinning of Greenland's Coastal Ice. Credit: NASA.

NSSL used this equipment to detect, analyze, and map lightning strikes. Lightning studies were conducted during the late 1970s and 1980s. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

Infrared measurements detect boundary of Gulf Stream - the forerunner of today's sea surface temperature mapping derived from infrared sensing data. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Using a differential scanning calorimeter, plant physiologist Christina Walters can detect phase-state changes of water and lipids in seeds. First she cools thin slices of seed tissues sealed in tiny aluminum pans (held in tweezers) to -170°C. The relationship she finds between a seed's water content, temperature at which its heat capacity changes, and size of the change give clues about the nature of glasses that form. Photo by Scott Bauer. Credit: USDA ARS News.

Researchers have developed monoclonal antibodies that detect both Bagesia equii and Babesia caballi. The pathogens cause the disease piroplasmosis, or equine babesiosis, which does not exist in the United States. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

A tonometer measures pressure inside the eye and is one of several tests necessary to detect glaucoma. Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health.

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She felt it carefully and thought she could detect in the lappels and in the padding, thicknesses of paper

I detect the paver

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Health

Palpate the tongue to detect growths. (references)

They detect antibodies to H. pylori bacteria. (references)

It can also detect cysts in the kidneys of a fetus. (references)

Business

Presently, equipment is needed mainly to prevent or detect property crimes, kidnappings, and fraud, which are on the increase. (references)

The approach involves a thorough examination of a patient’s mouth and teeth, including by x-ray, to detect the early signs of decay. (references)

These are exciting the major automobile producers with their security implications, which among many other features, are able to detect the driver's identity from fingertip sensors on the steering wheel, and activate locks through recognition of the owner's voice. (references)

Children

Saudi Arabia

One major hospital has begun a program to detect, report, and prevent child abuse. (references)

Economic History

Chad

Corruption is a persistent and widespread problem in Chad, but it is difficult to detect or verify. (references)

Chad

Bribery is certainly far more accepted than embezzlement and far more difficult to detect and to prosecute. (references)

Human Rights

Guatemala

There also were screening procedures to detect suspected human rights violators and officers involved in criminal activities. (references)

Bangladesh

There is no independent body with the authority and ability to monitor detentions, or to prevent, detect, or publicize cases of political harassment. (references)

China

In practice, most areas still do not have the capacity accurately to determine the likelihood of passing on hard to detect debilitating genetic diseases. (references)

Political Economy

NIGERIA

The government has limited resources to detect and prevent violations of the forced labor prohibition. (references)

SPAIN

To combat this problem in the textile and leather goods sector, the government began to promote the creation and sale of devices to protect trademark goods and to train police and customs officials to detect counterfeit products more effectively. (references)

Trade

Colombia

A customs inspection group has been trained to perform after-clearance random investigations to detect fraud, foreign exchange irregularities, and tax evasion. (references)

Worker Rights

Bangladesh

However, because the Government does not keep records of births and marriages at the village level, it is very difficult for authorities to detect false claims of marriage or family ties. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "detect": detect smb. in the act ♦ parallel Presence Detect ♦ presence detect ♦ serial Presence Detect. Additional references.

Albanian

zbuloj (bare, belie, bewray, blurt out, bring out, bring to light, catch, contrive, descry, develop, disclose, discover, disinter, distil, distill, divine, divulge, enucleate, explore, ferret, ferret about, ferret out, find, find out, hit, hunt down, invent, look out, open, proclaim, puzzle out, rat, reconnoiter, reconnoitre, reveal, rummage, trace, uncloak, uncover, uncurtain, unearth, unlock, unveil), hap (anatomize, cave, dig, disclose, display, dissect, distribute, drive, expand, footstep, inaugurate, move, open, open up, pace, peg, pitch, remove, roll out, spread, start, step, stretch, strew, turn down, turn on, unblock, unbolt, unbosom, uncap, unclasp, unclench, unclose, uncork, uncover, undo, undraw, unfurl, unhook, unlatch, unlock, unreel, unseal, unshutter, unwrap, walk). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كشف (bare, bring to light, disclose, disclosure, discover, divulge, expose, exposure, find out, lay bare, lay open, lift, make known, open, remove, reveal, revelation, show up, take off, uncover, unearth, unfold, unveil), ‏قوم تيارا, ‏حول تيار متردد إلى طردى, ‏ضبط (accuracy, adjust, check, control, dam, exactitude, frame, govern, inspect, measure, monitor, police, preciseness, precision, punctuality, regularize, regulate, regulation, rightness, school, set, setting, square, strictness, test, tune, tuning), ‏إكتشف (be discovered, bring to light, come to light, dig out, discover, figure out, find, find out, get wind of, glean, hit, learn, nose, rout, rummage, search, spot, strike, uncover, unearth), ‏إستبان. (various references)

Bulgarian 

улавям (catch, catch out, clutch, entrap, get, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, mesh, pick up), разкривам (bewray, bring to light, disclose, discover, disinter, divulge, elicit, expose, find out, manifest, penetrate, show, smell out, spill, unbare, unclose, unclothe, uncover, uncurtain, undress, unkennel, unload, unlock, unravel, unveil), откривам (bare, descry, dig up, disclose, discover, disinter, espy, expose, find, find out, inaugurate, initiate, lay bare, lay open, lead off, locate, open, pick out, pry out, recover, reopen, reveal, rout out, rout up, run down, spot, strike, unclose, uncover, unearth, unveil), намирам (be found, discover, find, fit in, found, get, hit, hunt out, judge, land, locate, look up, raise, regard, root out, root up, run down, rustle up, scare up, secure, see, strike, track down, turn up), изправям (erect, peak, planish, put up, raise, rectify, remedy, repair, right, righten, set right, stand up, straighten, true, uncurl, unkink), долавям (catch, note, observe, sense), детектирам, демодулирам. (various references)

Chinese 

發覺 (discover, find), 查出 (Detected, Detecting), 偵查 (investigate). (various references)

Czech

zjistit (ascertain, average, chase up, determine, elicit, establish, find, find out, read, tell), vypátrat (discover, find, find out, hunt out, spy out, trace, track down), odkrýt (bare, discover, enucleate, expose, open, take off, uncover), odhalit (be on to smb., bring out, disclose, expose, find out, reveal, show smb. up, show up, spy out, unbosom, uncloak, uncover, unearth, unfold, unlock, unmask, unveil), objevit (discover, find, recover, spot, spring, spy out, unearth). (various references)

Danish

paa grund af profilernes saerlige form er det ofte vanskeligt at loese problemet med vridningsstivheden (the particular shapes of the sections often make it difficult to detect distorsion), optagelse af hemmelig afflytning (to detect surreptitious intrusions). (various references)

Dutch

opsporen, aantonen (demonstrate, prove). (various references)

Farsi 

پیداکردن (Acquire, Discover, Gain), کشف کردن (Decipher, Decode, Discover, Spot, Uncover). (various references)

Finnish

saada selvä jostakin (discover, find out, make out), saada jokin selville (discover, find out, make out), keksiä (devise, discover, find, invent), huomata (become aware of, catch sight of, discover, find, note, notice, observe, perceive, see). (various references)

French

détecter (to demodulate). (various references)

German

nachweisen (account for, prove, to account for, verify), ermitteln (ascertain, determine, establish, estimate, find, investigate, locate, snap, to ascertain, to detect, trace), entdecken (descry, discern, discover, invent, light on, light upon, recover, spot, to descry, to detect, to discover, to spot, turn up, uncover, undeck). (various references)

Greek 

ανιχνεύω (scan, scout, trace, track, track down). (various references)

Hebrew 

לחשוף (debunk, denude, expose, uncover, unearth, unveil), לבלוש (check, investigate, search closely, tail). (various references)

Hungarian

leleplez (debunk, identify, inaugurate, to debunk, to denounce, to detect, to disclose, to expose, to identify, to lay bare, to show up, to uncloak, to uncover, to unfold, to unmask, to unveil, unmask, unveil), kiderít (ascertain, bring to light, to ascertain, to clear up, to elicit, to find out, to nose out). (various references)

Indonesian

mengetahui (ken, know), menemukan (devise, discover, find, invent), mendetek. (various references)

Italian

scoprire (ascertain, bare, disclose, discover, expose, find, find out, reveal, rumble, strike, to detect, uncover, undeck, unearth). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

見附る (to be familiar, to detect, to discover, to find fault, to find out, to locate), 見つける (to be familiar, to detect, to discover, to find fault, to find out, to locate), 見付ける (to be familiar, to detect, to discover, to find fault, to find out, to locate), 捜し�"てる (to detect, to discover, to find out), 嗅ぎ出す (to detect, to scent out). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

さがしあてる (to detect, to discover, to find out), かぎ� す (to detect, to scent out), みつける (to be familiar, to detect, to discover, to find fault, to find out, to locate). (various references)

Korean 

검출하십시�". (various references)

Manx

cronnaghey (check over, determine, miss, observe, perceive, scan). (various references)

Norwegian

oppdage (discover), merke (badge, ensign, imprint). (various references)

Pig Latin

etectday.(various references)

Portuguese

descobrir (ascertain, bare, bewray, denudate, denude, descry, dig up, disclose, discover, elicit, espy, find, find out, get out, hunt out, hunt up, identify, lay open, lay up bare, open, pioneer, poke about, publicize, reveal, see, show up, spell out, strike, surprise, to discover, uncap, uncloak, unclose, uncover, unearth, unkennel, unmask, unveil), denunciar (arraign, betray, delate, denounce, denunciate, inform against, peach, snitch, tell), entrever (espy, find out, glimpse), encontrar (come across, discover, encounter, experience, find, find out, get together, hunt up, impinge, meet, meet with, one finds, to encounter, to find, to meet). (various references)

Romanian

detecta (rectify), descoperi (crack, descry, disclose, discover, ferret, find out, fish, grub, hit, invent, lay open, nose out, open, reveal, rip, spy, strike, uncover, unearth, unravel), identifica (identify, recognize, spot), constata (ascertain, discover, establish, find, observe, record, see, state, take note). (various references)

Russian 

обнаруживать (bring out, bring to light, catch out, chance on, disclose, discover, display, find, find out, locate, manifest, open up, reveal, revealed, rummage, uncurtain). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

otkriti pomoću radija, otkriti (bare, descry, disclose, discover, divulge, dog down, expose, expose smb., let out, reveal, turn up, uncloak, uncover, unearth, unfold), obelodaniti (disbosom, disclose, reveal, uncase, uncloak, unearth). (various references)

Spanish

detectar. (various references)

Swedish

upptäcka (descry, detecting, discover, find, find out, see, trace, track down, uncover), uppdraga (discover, draw up, grow, trace), komma på (accede to, be found out, fall on, find out, take, think of, think up), hitta (be discovered, crack, discover, fall on, find, hit, trace, track), ertappa (catch, catch out, surprise). (various references)

Thai

ค้นหา (ferret about, fish, forage, hunt, look, rake over, rake through, seek, sift through). (various references)

Turkish

sezmek (antedate, anticipate, be sensible of, discern, divine, feel, guess, have a scent for smth., intuit, perceive, rumble, scent, see, sense, smell, sniff, taste blood), ortaya çıkarmak (bring into the open, bring out, bring to light, bring to pass, conceive, disclose, discover, expose, ferret out, get at, hit off, lay bare, pick out, search out, show up, sift out, smoke out, throw into relief, uncloak, uncover, unearth, unveil), keşfetmek (cipher out, descry, dig out, discover, explore, find, hit off, scout, search out, study out, work out), farketmek (become aware of, catch sight, descry, discern, discover, distinguish, espy, know, make a difference, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, realize, recognize, remark, see, take notice), belirlemek (adjust, appoint, assess, assign, condition, decide, define, determine, dictate, establish, identify, limit, note, peg, seal, set, set down, settle, single out, slate, specify, state). (various references)

Ukrainian

розслідувати (enquire, inquire, investigate, probe), відкривати (bare, dedicate, discover, disembosom, find, open, reveal, unbosom, unclose, undo, unfasten, unlock), виявляти (bespeak, demonstrate, disclose, discover, display, educe, elicit, evince, evolve, exert, find, show, uncover, vent), знаходити (find), помічати (behold, heed, note, notice, observe, remark, take notice). (various references)

deprehendere, deprehenderit, deprehendi, deprehendisset, deprehenditur, deprehensa, deprehensam, deprehensus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "detect": detectabilities, detectability, detectable, detected, detecter, detecters, detecting, detection, detections, detective, detectivelike, detectives, detector, detectors, detects. (additional references)

Words containing "detect": photodetector, photodetectors, undetectable, undetected. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Detect" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: datec, dececco, dectect, delect, Deltec, Destec, detack, detact, detct, detecta, detek, detet, detice, dotec, Dunecht, etcet, etec, retect. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: cede, cete, deet, teed.

-3 letters: cee, dee, ted, tee, tet.

-4 letters: de, ed, et.

+1 letter: detects, tetched.

+2 letters: acetated, cottered, curetted, detected, detecter, detector, dietetic, facetted, obtected, ticketed.

+3 letters: catenated, cathected, certitude, chattered, chittered, clattered, cluttered, contented, contested, coquetted, curvetted, decentest, detecters, detecting, detection, detective, detectors, detracted, dietetics, directest, eructated, eutectoid, extincted, extracted, protected, ratcheted, rectitude, retracted, scattered, scuttered, spectated, stretched, tentacled, thicketed, trajected, trisected.

+4 letters: acetylated, altercated, antecedent, attendance, certitudes, coattended, coattested, cottonseed, cottonweed, crepitated, deactivate, decapitate, decathlete, destructed, detachment, detectable, detections, detectives, detoxicate, detractive, eutectoids, exactitude, extricated, interacted, outcheated, reattached, reattacked, rectitudes, reluctated, restitched, restricted, retroacted, telecasted, tracheated, transected, undetected.