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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The oil spill was detected on Thursday and although the cause is not yet known, the port has told Swedish media it is not linked to the aircraft carrier.
From BBC
They are now routinely detected in water, soil, wildlife, and human tissue.
From Science Daily
Though they couldn’t detect Maggie’s body moving, the doctors watched her face.
From Literature
Third, the U.S. should coordinate with intelligence partners to develop shared approaches for detecting insider trading and manipulation by adversary intelligence services.
The team also deployed seismic instruments that detected a series of glacier earthquakes during the period of rapid retreat.
From Science Daily
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