detect
Usage
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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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Instruments detected an electron radiation belt far stronger than scientists had predicted.
From Science Daily
EBV itself was detected in the CSF of most participants, regardless of whether they had MS.
From Science Daily
Bithumb said it would improve verification systems and introduce AI to detect abnormal transactions.
From BBC
One method China has used to obscure its activities, he said, has been “decoupling,” in which steps are taken to decrease the possibility of detecting nuclear tests through international seismic monitoring.
The researchers also showed that concealed patterns could be detected by gently stretching the material and analyzing how it deforms using digital image correlation analysis.
From Science Daily
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