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. [1913 Webster] Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last. --Burke. [1913 Webster] Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]