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🕵️detect

verb
/dɪˈtɛkt/
detain detection
detect synonyms and antonyms card — visual word comparison

Meaning

To discover or identify the presence of something.
to discover or identify the presence or existence of something; to notice something that is not immediately obvious

Example Sentences

The device can detect smoke in the room.

The security system can detect movement in the building.

Example Expressions

detect a problem

Synonyms

discover, identify, notice, sense, recognize, find, spot
Entry 1
discover, identify, notice, sense, recognize
Entry 2
discover, find, identify, spot

Antonyms

miss, overlook, ignore, hide
Entry 1
miss, overlook, ignore
Entry 2
miss, overlook, ignore, hide

Collocations

detect a signal, detect movement, detect fraud, detect error, detect early, detect automatically, detect changes, detect problems
Entry 1
detect a signal, detect movement, detect fraud, detect error
Entry 2
detect early, detect automatically, detect movement, detect changes, detect problems

More Example Sentences

I pretended to be a detective for fun.

We should ask - why was this not detected earlier?

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