adj
Meaning 1
Detected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
detect
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪˈtɛkt/
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rhymes with -ɛkt
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CMU ARPABET: D IH0 T EH1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To work as a detective.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To work or solve cases as a detective.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water
- We found traces of lead in the paint
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: observe, find, discover, notice
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spy, sight
Narrower terms: find out, catch out, sense, instantiate, trace, see
History
Etymology
From Latin detectus, perfect passive participle of detegere (“to uncover or disclose”), from de- + tegere (“to cover”); see tegument, tile, thatch.
Back-formation from detective.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: bespeuren — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Albanian: zbuloj — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Arabic: كَشَفَ (kašafa) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Assamese: ধৰা পেলোৱা (dhora pelüa) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Bulgarian: откри́вам (otkrívam) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Bulgarian: намирам (namiram) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Catalan: detectar — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Chinese Mandarin: 察覺 /察觉 (chájué) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Chinese Mandarin: 發覺 /发觉 (fājué) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Chinese Mandarin: 覺察 /觉察 (juéchá) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Czech: odhalit — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Czech: objevit — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Czech: najít — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Czech: detekovat — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Dutch: detecteren — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Esperanto: detekti — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Estonian: tuvastama — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Finnish: havaita — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Finnish: huomata — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- French: déceler — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- French: détecter — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- German: entdecken — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Hebrew: גילה (gilá) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Hebrew: זיהה (zihá) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Hebrew: חשף (khasáf) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Hungarian: felfedez — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Ido: des-kovrar — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Ido: des-vel-izar — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Italian: individuare — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Italian: rilevare — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Japanese: 検出する (kenshutsu-suru) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Japanese: 見付ける (mitsukeru) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Khmer: រកឃើញ (rɔɔk khəəñ) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Korean: 찾다 (chatda) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Korean: 탐지하다 (tamjihada) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Korean: 수색하다 (susaekhada) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Latin: dētegō — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Māori: hopu — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Khiamniungan Naga: thōhshá — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Polish: wykryć — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Polish: wykrywać — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Portuguese: detectar — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Portuguese: detetar — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Romanian: detecta — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Russian: обнару́живать (obnarúživatʹ) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Russian: обнару́жить (obnarúžitʹ) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Russian: выявля́ть (vyjavljátʹ) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Russian: вы́явить (výjavitʹ) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Serbo-Croatian: otkriti — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Spanish: detectar — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Swedish: upptäcka — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Tamil: கண்டுபிடி (kaṇṭupiṭi) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Ukrainian: виявляти (vyjavljaty) — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Vietnamese: phát hiện — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- Vietnamese: dò ra — to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
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