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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The Growler also carries so-called anti-radiation missiles that detect and then destroy an adversary’s radar.
Greenland is considered strategically well located to detect long-range ballistic missiles.
From Barron's
Measuring 2x4, the brick itself contains sensors, lights, a small sound synthesiser, an accelerator and a custom-made silicon chip enabling it to detect movement and react to it.
From BBC
Powered entirely by light, the robots contain microscopic computers that allow them to follow programmed paths, detect local temperature changes, and adjust their movement in response.
From Science Daily
One gauge recorded the tsunami earlier than expected, while the other detected it later.
From Science Daily
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