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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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
The investigators cited the inability of Ford’s system to detect and respond to a stationary vehicle in the Texas crash.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
"It's always hard to be 100 percent, but we can detect more than 90 percent of what's happening in real time."
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
Future experiments may be able to detect these signals, giving scientists a rare opportunity to test ideas about the universe's quantum beginnings.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
I cannot see the stars outside, but my system can detect them.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
