Found 3 items, similar to Detect.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: detect
mendetek, menemukan, mengetahui
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: detect
detect
v : discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;
“She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water”;
“We found traces of lead in the paint” [syn:
observe,
find,
discover,
notice]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Detect
Detect
\De*tect"\ (d[-e]*t[e^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Detected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Detecting.]
1. To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light;
as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake
in an account.
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Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered
at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at
last. --Burke.
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Like following life through creatures you dissect,
You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope.
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2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.]
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He was untruly judged to have preached such articles
as he was detected of. --Sir T. More.
Syn: To discover; find out; lay bare; expose.
Detect
\De*tect"\ (d[-e]*t[e^]kt"), a. [L. detectus, p. p. of
detegere to uncover, detect; de + tegere to cover. See
Tegument.]
Detected. [Obs.] --Fabyan.
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