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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With current instruments, it may already be possible to detect them.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026
Software vulnerabilities exposed by Mythos were often subtle and difficult to detect without AI, according to Anthropic.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Major social-media platforms have struggled to detect and label AI-generated content.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
They can even detect tuberculosis, an infectious disease that commonly affects the lungs, far quicker than it would be found in a lab using conventional microscopy, Apopo has said.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Only in the corner where the combat had taken place could I detect any evidence of the young gentleman’s existence.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
