detect
Usage
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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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Webb detected two bright auroral bands near the planet's magnetic poles.
From Science Daily
These are low-surface-brightness galaxies, systems so faint they are difficult to detect and so sparse in stars that dark matter makes up most of their mass.
From Science Daily
More than 100 teams worldwide participated, developing machine learning models designed to detect patterns linked to preterm birth.
From Science Daily
The provincial livestock office in Chiang Mai said in a statement on Friday that testing detected the highly infectious canine distemper virus as well as bacteria affecting the respiratory system.
From Barron's
The results also strengthen the case for using the retina as a noninvasive tool to help detect and monitor Alzheimer's disease.
From Science Daily
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