Synonyms for detection
dɪˈtɛk ʃənde·tec·tion

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1. detection, sensingnoun

   the perception that something has occurred or some state exists

   "early detection can often lead to a cure"

   Synonyms:
   detective work, spying, sleuthing, sensing, detecting, signal detection, catching, espial, perception, spotting

2. detection, catching, espial, spying, spottingnoun

   the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

   Synonyms:
   detective work, spying, staining, sleuthing, sensing, detecting, signal detection, catching, espial, maculation, undercover work, spotting, contracting

3. signal detection, detectionnoun

   the detection that a signal is being received

   Synonyms:
   detective work, sleuthing, sensing, detecting, signal detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting

4. detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthingnoun

   a police investigation to determine the perpetrator

   "detection is hard on the feet"

   Synonyms:
   detective work, spying, sleuthing, sensing, detecting, signal detection, catching, espial, spotting

Matched Categories

1. • Perception
   • Police Work
   • Reception

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1. detectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   discovery

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1. List of paraphrases for "detection":

   detecting, detect, discovery, screening, sensing, detections, identification, detector, mine-detection, testing, law, detected, diagnosis, reconnaisance, reconnaissance, warning, discover, detectability

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1. The USDA:

   It became clear to us following the GE wheat incident in Oregon that the detection of regulated GE wheat where it was not authorized, had great potential to disrupt wheat markets globally.

2. Jennifer Ramsey:

   When you get that first detection you tend to start looking harder, and you’re more likely to find new cases.

3. Charles Leclerc:

   I was trying to be as clever as possible using the DRS as much as possible so I was trying to break early into Turn 1 just to be behind him at the DRS detection.

4. Oliver May:

   Really fraud is a problem for all organizations. It is an environmental risk for us and it should be less reassuring when an NGO is not reporting fraud than when it is, if there is no detection it is harder to know what the problem looks like ... What we really want to see is the publication of annual fraud data across the whole NGO sector - that would really be an important step.

5. Sunanda Sharma:

   While the detection of this class of organics alone does not mean that life was definitively there, this set of observations does start to look like some things that we've seen here on Earth, to put it simply, if this is a treasure hunt for potential signs of life on another planet, organic matter is a clue. And we're getting stronger and stronger clues as we're moving through our delta campaign.