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de·tect
(dĭ-tĕkt′)tr.v. de·tect·ed, de·tect·ing, de·tects
1. To discover or ascertain the existence, presence, or fact of.
2. To discern (something hidden or subtle): detected a note of sarcasm in the remark.
3. To learn something hidden and often improper about: detected the manager in a lie.
4. Electronics To demodulate.
[Middle English detecten, from Latin dētegere, dētēct-, to uncover : dē-, de- + tegere, to cover; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.]
de·tect′a·ble, de·tect′i·ble adj.
de·tect′er n.
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detect
(dɪˈtɛkt)vb (tr)
1. to perceive or notice: to detect a note of sarcasm.
2. to discover the existence or presence of (esp something likely to elude observation): to detect alcohol in the blood.
3. (Electronics) to extract information from (an electromagnetic wave)
4. obsolete to reveal or expose (a crime, criminal, etc)
[C15: from Latin dētectus uncovered, from dētegere to uncover, from de- + tegere to cover]
deˈtectable, deˈtectible adj
deˈtecter n
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de•tect
(dɪˈtɛkt)v.t.
1. to discover or notice the existence or presence of: to detect the odor of gas.
2. to discover (a person) in some act: to detect someone cheating.
3. to discover the true, usu. concealed or underlying nature of.
4. to demodulate.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin dētēctus, past participle of dētegere to uncover]
de•tect′a•ble, de•tect′i•ble, adj.
de•tect`a•bil′i•ty, de•tect`i•bil′i•ty, n.
syn: See learn.
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detect
Past participle: detected
Gerund: detecting
| Imperative |
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| detect |
| detect |
| Present |
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| I detect |
| you detect |
| he/she/it detects |
| we detect |
| you detect |
| they detect |
| Preterite |
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| I detected |
| you detected |
| he/she/it detected |
| we detected |
| you detected |
| they detected |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am detecting |
| you are detecting |
| he/she/it is detecting |
| we are detecting |
| you are detecting |
| they are detecting |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have detected |
| you have detected |
| he/she/it has detected |
| we have detected |
| you have detected |
| they have detected |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was detecting |
| you were detecting |
| he/she/it was detecting |
| we were detecting |
| you were detecting |
| they were detecting |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had detected |
| you had detected |
| he/she/it had detected |
| we had detected |
| you had detected |
| they had detected |
| Future |
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| I will detect |
| you will detect |
| he/she/it will detect |
| we will detect |
| you will detect |
| they will detect |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have detected |
| you will have detected |
| he/she/it will have detected |
| we will have detected |
| you will have detected |
| they will have detected |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be detecting |
| you will be detecting |
| he/she/it will be detecting |
| we will be detecting |
| you will be detecting |
| they will be detecting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been detecting |
| you have been detecting |
| he/she/it has been detecting |
| we have been detecting |
| you have been detecting |
| they have been detecting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been detecting |
| you will have been detecting |
| he/she/it will have been detecting |
| we will have been detecting |
| you will have been detecting |
| they will have been detecting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been detecting |
| you had been detecting |
| he/she/it had been detecting |
| we had been detecting |
| you had been detecting |
| they had been detecting |
| Conditional |
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| I would detect |
| you would detect |
| he/she/it would detect |
| we would detect |
| you would detect |
| they would detect |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have detected |
| you would have detected |
| he/she/it would have detected |
| we would have detected |
| you would have detected |
| they would have detected |
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Verb 1. detect - discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
catch out, find out - trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act; "He was caught out"; "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks"
discover, find - make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
sense - detect some circumstance or entity automatically; "This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"; "particle detectors sense ionization"
instantiate - find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word); "The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect"
trace - discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth"
see - observe as if with an eye; "The camera saw the burglary and recorded it"
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detect
verb
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Translations
كشفيَكْتَشِف
objevitzjistitnajít
mærkeopdage
tuvastama
havaitahuomata
uppgötva, átta sig á
検出する見付ける
aptiktiseklyssusekti
atklātatrastuzietuztvert
detecteren
odkriti
upptäcka
detect
[dɪˈtekt] VT (= discover) → descubrir ; (= notice) → percibir, detectar ; [+ crime] → descubrir ; [+ criminal] → identificar (Tech) (by radar etc) → detectarCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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detect
vt → entdecken, herausfinden ; (= see, make out) → ausfindig machen ; crime → aufdecken ; disease → feststellen ; a tone of sadness, movement, noise → wahrnehmen ; mine, gas → aufspüren ; do I detect a note of irony? → höre ich da nicht eine gewisse Ironie (heraus)?
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[dɪˈtɛkt] vt (signs, traces, drug, motive) → scoprire ; (feeling) → avvertire (Radar) → individuare ; (gas, smoke) → avvertire la presenza diCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
detect
(diˈtekt) verb to notice or discover. She thought she could detect a smell of gas. bespeur يَكْتَشِف откривам detectar objevit, zjistit entdecken mærke; opdage εντοπίζω, αντιλαμβάνομαι detectar, sentir tajuma, tabama پی بردن به؛ کشف کردن havaita détecter לְגָלוֹת पकड़ पाना detektirati felfedez menemukan uppgötva, átta sig á scoprire 見つける 찾아내다 susekti, aptikti atklāt; uziet; atrast; uztvert kesan bespeuren fornemme, merke, oppdage wykrywać, odkrywać موندل، څرګندول، كشفول sentir a detecta уловить zistiť odkriti primetiti upptäcka, uppdaga, märka สืบหา farkına varmak, sezmek, keşfetmek, bulmak 察覺 виявляти; викривати کسی بات یا شی کو محسوس کرنا phát hiện 察觉
deˈtective (-tiv) noun a person who tries to find criminals or watches suspected persons. She was questioned by detectives. speurder مُخْبِر، بوليس سِرّي детектив detetive detektiv der Detektiv opdager; detektiv; kriminalassistent ντετέκτιβ detective detektiiv کارآگاه etsivä policier/-ière; détective בלש जासूस detektivi nyomozó detektif leyni-/rannsóknarlögreglumaður detective, investigatore, investigatrice 探偵, 刑事 탐정, 형사 seklys detektīvs detektif rechercheur kriminalbetjent, detektiv wywiadowca خبرشوی detective detectiv детектив detektív detektiv detektiv detektiv, kriminalare นักสืบ dedektif 偵探 детектив, агент розшуку سراغ رساں thám tử 侦探
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detect
v. detectar, descubrir.
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