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.
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Most known examples were exceptionally luminous objects that stood out because they were easier to detect.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
That’s especially true for facilities that are in closer proximity to Iran, like NSA Bahrain, and therefore with less time to detect and intercept projectiles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
"What we really care about is defining early markers that can detect earlier signs of cognitive decline and potentially help us deliver timely interventions to people."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
These biological indicators can reveal how bones respond to exercise within a matter of weeks, allowing scientists to detect changes much sooner.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
If it really could detect a Butterfly, could it also tell that I’d held a Cocoon in my hand earlier that day?
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
"So if you remove the receptor that detects the signal, you'd expect less inflammation, not more," Dr. Lengyel says.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
At Georgia Tech, he studied how AI could solve healthcare problems and he won national awards, including a 2023 honor for a novel framework that detects seizures in epileptic patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Specifically, it amplifies the signals generated when the tongue detects sweet, bitter, and umami flavors.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
A hotspot is a location where a satellite detects an unusually high temperature, indicating a potential fire or other strong heat source.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
My system detects the red and brown pigments as it does a cursory scan.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
At the same time, the satellite detected a decline in the number of energetic electrons that normally circulate through this region of space.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
If any problems are detected there are various points during the flight when the rocket stage can be brought down in the ocean.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Many prostate cancers in the U.S. are detected with a blood test that measures prostate-specific antigen, or PSA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
In several manuscripts, the researchers detected sheeppox virus DNA on multiple pages.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
He complained to James Monroe that “my name is running through all the city as detected in criminal correspondence with the French directory.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Last month, a team of cyber sleuths with roots in California reported detecting a "fleet" of agents linked to Chinese tech giant Tencent seeking information from a map app.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
For example, militaries detecting projectiles in their airspace that were en route to a target country didn’t warn their counterparts, leaving them with less time to deal with incoming attacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
So, detecting activity in this tiny world could help scientists detect dark matter.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
The researchers emphasize this distinction because detecting a change in the warming rate is different from identifying the physical processes responsible for it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Nyla is watching me, and I wonder if she has some secret skill of detecting lies.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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