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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These chemicals have been detected virtually everywhere on Earth, from the top of Mount Everest to inside human blood and brains.
From Barron's
“But unlike physical abuse and neglect, financial abuse is more likely to occur with the tacit acknowledgment and consent of the elder person and can be more difficult to detect and establish,” the researchers add.
From MarketWatch
It also detected 14 Chinese navy ships and eight unspecified government vessels over the same period.
From Barron's
Its sensitivity allows it to detect even the weakest incoming signals exchanged between neurons.
From Science Daily
Methane has been detected repeatedly, but it vanishes faster than existing models can explain.
From Science Daily
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