detect
Usage
What are other ways to say detect?
To detect implies becoming aware of something that had been obscure, secret, or concealed: to detect a flaw in reasoning. To ascertain is to verify facts by inquiry or analysis: to ascertain the truth about an event. To learn is to add to one's knowledge or information: to learn a language. The verb discover is used with objective clauses as a synonym of learn in order to suggest that the new information acquired is surprising to the learner: I discovered that she had been married before.
Example Sentences
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“When we detect all the problems, we go for the solution. And we knew that the solution will arrive. The object is to challenge people.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
"Evidence of fire from such ancient sites is often subtle and difficult to detect," said the Dr. Kolska Horwitz.
From Science Daily • Jun. 24, 2026
The system's AI technology is "powerful enough" to detect tiny movements that indicate a pedestrian is about to walk across the road, he said at the South by Southwest tech festival in London.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
Sensors detect when the water bottle is tipped at an angle, and also the flow rate of fluid as it leaves the vessel.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
Every police agency in the Western Hemisphere clamored that no test would detect its presence, in an instance of illegal entry here.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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