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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Seismometers could detect movement of the earth’s crust far from where the instruments were actually located.
From Literature
"Instead of trying to detect what is fake, we need infrastructure that allows real content to publicly prove its origin."
From BBC
A clearer understanding could eventually make it possible to develop scientific methods for detecting consciousness.
From Science Daily
The AI detected striking similarities between some dinosaur footprints and the feet of both extinct and modern birds.
From Science Daily
The work may also help guide the creation of new tools for detecting Alzheimer's earlier than is currently possible.
From Science Daily
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