detect
pronunciation
How to pronounce detect in British English:
UK [dɪˈtekt]
How to pronounce detect in American English:
US [dɪˈtekt]
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- Verb:
- discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
Word Origin
- detect
- detect: see protect
- detect (v.)
- early 15c., from Latin detectus, past participle of detegere "uncover, expose," figuratively "discover, reveal, disclose," from de- "un-, off" (see de-) + tegere "to cover" (see stegosaurus). Related: Detected; detecting.
Example
- 1. Manually look for mistakes the spell checker cannot detect .
- 2. It took three years to work out how to detect it .
- 3. This scrutiny is supposed to deter and detect crime .
- 4. Signs of economic reform are even harder to detect .
- 5. Many germans detect a plot to nobble their exporters .