Synonyms for detect

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dih-tekt

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈtɛkt

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Définition of detect

Origin : early 15c., from Latin detectus, past participle of detegere "uncover, expose," figuratively "discover, reveal, disclose," from de- "un-, off" (see de-) + tegere "to cover" (see stegosaurus). Related: Detected; detecting.

verb discover

Example sentences :

In more than one case, we seem to detect an actual portrait.
Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson

How often, my dear, have you and I endeavoured to detect and censure this partial spirit in others?
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

He could detect a design upon it when nobody else had any perception of the fact.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

The eye could not detect one creature in the group free from the smear of blood.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

The spy had kept his eyes open, but had been able to detect no sign.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

Roden laughed, with a shade of embarrassment, which she was quick to detect.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

I could detect that his eyes were still glassy, but his head was erect.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

Pleased I was, I say, to detect in her this proper respect for his lordship's position.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

I fancied I could at once detect why they had called her the "Mixer."
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

Our men have been unable to detect any devices, but the walls may have ears.
Extract from : « The Outbreak of Peace » by Horace Brown Fyfe

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