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de·tect
(dĭ-tĕkt′)tr.v. de·tect·ed, de·tect·ing, de·tects
1. To discover or ascertain the existence, presence, or fact of.
2. To discern (something hidden or subtle): detected a note of sarcasm in the remark.
3. To learn something hidden and often improper about: detected the manager in a lie.
4. Electronics To demodulate.
[Middle English detecten, from Latin dētegere, dētēct-, to uncover : dē-, de- + tegere, to cover; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.]
de·tect′a·ble, de·tect′i·ble adj.
de·tect′er n.
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detect
(dɪˈtɛkt)vb (tr)
1. to perceive or notice: to detect a note of sarcasm.
2. to discover the existence or presence of (esp something likely to elude observation): to detect alcohol in the blood.
3. (Electronics) to extract information from (an electromagnetic wave)
4. obsolete to reveal or expose (a crime, criminal, etc)
[C15: from Latin dētectus uncovered, from dētegere to uncover, from de- + tegere to cover]
deˈtectable, deˈtectible adj
deˈtecter n
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de•tect
(dɪˈtɛkt)v.t.
1. to discover or notice the existence or presence of: to detect the odor of gas.
2. to discover (a person) in some act: to detect someone cheating.
3. to discover the true, usu. concealed or underlying nature of.
4. to demodulate.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin dētēctus, past participle of dētegere to uncover]
de•tect′a•ble, de•tect′i•ble, adj.
de•tect`a•bil′i•ty, de•tect`i•bil′i•ty, n.
syn: See learn.
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Verb | 1. | detect - discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint" catch out, find out - trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act; "He was caught out"; "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks" discover, find - make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle" sense - detect some circumstance or entity automatically; "This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"; "particle detectors sense ionization" instantiate - find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word); "The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect" trace - discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth" see - observe as if with an eye; "The camera saw the burglary and recorded it" |
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Translations
كشفيَكْتَشِف
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mærkeopdage
tuvastama
havaitahuomata
uppgötva, átta sig á
検出する見付ける
aptiktiseklyssusekti
atklātatrastuzietuztvert
detecteren
odkriti
upptäcka
detect
[dɪˈtekt] VT (= discover) → descubrir; (= notice) → percibir, detectar; [+ crime] → descubrir; [+ criminal] → identificar (Tech) (by radar etc) → detectarCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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vt → entdecken, herausfinden; (= see, make out) → ausfindig machen; crime → aufdecken; disease → feststellen; a tone of sadness, movement, noise → wahrnehmen; mine, gas → aufspüren; do I detect a note of irony? → höre ich da nicht eine gewisse Ironie (heraus)?
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[dɪˈtɛkt] vt (signs, traces, drug, motive) → scoprire; (feeling) → avvertire (Radar) → individuare; (gas, smoke) → avvertire la presenza diCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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(diˈtekt) verb to notice or discover. She thought she could detect a smell of gas.
deˈtective (-tiv) noun a person who tries to find criminals or watches suspected persons. She was questioned by detectives.
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detect
v. detectar, descubrir.
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vt detectarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.