detect
Meaning of detect
verb
- discover or identify the presence or existence of.
cancer may soon be detected in its earliest stages
late Middle English: from Latin detect- ‘uncovered’, from the verb detegere, from de- (expressing reversal) + tegere ‘to cover’. The original senses were ‘uncover, expose’ and ‘give someone away’, later ‘expose the real or hidden nature of’; hence the current (partly influenced by detective).
Information about detect
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of detect is: detects.
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CatalanHyphenation of detect
de-tect
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- detect is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
detect synonyms
Meaning observe:
observe, find, discover, notice
Translation of detect
- German: entdecken, ermitteln, ausmachen, hervorheben, feststellen, merken, gewahren
- Spanish: descubrir, determinar, detectar, demostrar, percibir, observar, divisar, vislumbrar, distinguir, discernir
- Italian: rilevare, riscontrare, notare, osservare, trovare, distinguere, identificare, discernere, individuare
- Portuguese: relevar
- French: distinguer
Anagrams of detect
Words that rhyme with detect
obtect, octect, predetect, redetect, archarchitect, architect, nonarchitect, protoarchitect, rchitect, subarchitect, contect, deprotect, overprotect, protect, reprotect, unprotect, nephroureterocystect, AcuTect
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