Synonyms for detect
dɪˈtɛktde·tect

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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

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1. detect

   Synonyms:
   discover, descry, unmask, expose

   Antonyms:
   miss, lose, misobserve, ignore, connive

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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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1. detectverb

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "detect":

   detecting, detection, identify, detects, discover, uncover, discovery, spot, identifying, detectable, trace, reconnaissance

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1. Venki Ramakrishnan:

   Oxygen is the vital ingredient for the survival of every cell in our bodies. Too little – or too much – can spell disaster. Understanding how evolution has equipped cells to detect and respond to fluctuating oxygen levels helps answer fundamental questions, as (this) work.. shows us, it also gives insights into the way these processes continue to shape our health and wellbeing.

2. Anne Winther:

   We found a relationship between higher screen time and lower bone mineral density in boys, we are not able to detect causality with this study design, but it is likely that screen time is an indicator of a lifestyle that has negative impact on bone mass acquisition.

3. Sandy Cairncross:

   Some organisms are more fragile than others and will die in the sewers, some are difficult to detect in small numbers and some are more numerous than others.

4. Chuck Schumer:

   While inspectors would likely be able to detect radioactive isotopes at a site after 24 days, that delay would enable Iran to escape detection of any illicit building and improving of possible military dimensions( PMD) - the tools that go into building a bomb but don't emit radioactivity.

5. Paul Chodas:

   In a month or so we will get an indication of whether or not 2020 SO really is a rocket body, since we should start being able to detect the effect of sunlight pressure has on the motion of this object : if it really is a rocket body, it will be much less dense than an asteroid and the slight pressure due to sunlight will produce enough change in its motion that we should be able to detect it in the tracking data.