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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It can analyze thousands of biological molecules at the same time, allowing it to detect important molecular interactions that are often missed by traditional analysis methods.
From Science Daily
Their goal is to detect warning signs early, before a sudden landslide could trigger a destructive tsunami.
From Science Daily
The signal is extremely small, so researchers rely on statistical methods to detect it.
From Science Daily
Heavy rare earth mining is difficult to detect.
From Barron's
The expert’s analysis couldn’t positively identify gunshots fired from outside the truck, but it detected three faint pops.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
