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Synonyms for detect
dɪˈtɛktde·tect

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.3 / 3 votes

  1. detect

    Of human actions or character, detect is used, almost without exception, in a bad sense; discover may be used in either the good or the bad sense, oftener in the good; he was detected in a fraud; real merit is sure to be discovered. In scientific language, detect is used of delicate indications that appear in course of careful watching; as, a slight fluttering of the pulse could be detected. We discover what has existed but has not been known to us; we invent combinations or arrangements not before in use; Columbus discovered America; Morse invented the electric telegraph. Find is the most general word for every means of coming to know what was not before certainly known. A man finds in the road some stranger's purse, or finds his own which he is searching for. The expert discovers or detects an error in an account; the auditor finds the account to be correct. Compare DISCERN.

    See synonyms for HIDE.

    Synonyms:
    ascertain, descry, discern, disclose, discover, expose, ferret out, find, find out, invent

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.3 / 3 votes

  1. detect

    Synonyms:
    discover, descry, unmask, expose

    Antonyms:
    miss, lose, misobserve, ignore, connive

Princeton's WordNet2.5 / 9 votes

  1. detect, observe, find, discover, noticeverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    line up, recover, chance upon, follow, strike, let out, find oneself, get wind, get, get hold, reveal, keep an eye on, attain, let on, find, acknowledge, retrieve, get word, fall upon, rule, notice, disclose, divulge, chance, abide by, determine, see, find out, keep, key, come up, remark, bring out, celebrate, watch over, comment, take note, honor, identify, name, encounter, learn, come upon, happen, watch, receive, happen upon, feel, describe, point out, chance on, incur, come across, expose, observe, get a line, distinguish, witness, honour, mention, pick up, give away, ascertain, mark, maintain, unwrap, break, respect, bump, light upon, regain, obtain, discover, key out, note, hear

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. detectverb

    Synonyms:
    discover, expose, descry, find out, bring to light, lay open

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How to use detect in a sentence?

  1. Edwin Bakker:

    If more people follow the Nice example it will be a nightmare for security services as it is almost impossible to detect.

  2. Mario Damasso:

    In my opinion, the detection is particularly interesting because the signal in the radial velocities has a low amplitude and a long period, therefore in principle not easy to detect and confirm with a single technique, we are exploring the consequences of a longer-term spectroscopic follow-up in another work we hope to publish soon.

  3. Tesla Inc:

    You are still responsible for your car and ?must monitor it and its surroundings at all times?and be within your line of sight because it may not detect all obstacles.

  4. Ron Johnson:

    I expect DHS and the Biden administration to brief Congress on the failures of our immigration system to detect this individual, if DHS does not, we will call on Senate Democrats to demand these officials testify before Congress. The Jewish community, and all Americans, deserve transparency and accountability into this preventable attack.

  5. Carl Schuster:

    Must have been scary as hell, everyone on the Kitty Hawk expected the sub to go deep and were hoping to detect it on the other side.


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