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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A skunk’s smell can be detected by a human from a mile away.
From Literature
When Amazon’s systems detect that prices for certain products are unusually high, its tools can downgrade listings so they don’t feature prominently, or remove them altogether.
The launch window for the Artemis 2 mission had been set for February 6-11 -- until leaks detected this week during final tests pushed the date back to March 6.
From Barron's
But, Baron added: "I wish I detected the same spirit today. There is no sign of it."
From BBC
Incredulously, I detected mirth in his voice, and sure enough he started to laugh, cueing the others.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
