Synonyms for detect
dɪˈtɛktde·tect

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1. detect

   Of human actions or character, detect is used, almost without exception, in a bad sense; discover may be used in either the good or the bad sense, oftener in the good; he was detected in a fraud; real merit is sure to be discovered. In scientific language, detect is used of delicate indications that appear in course of careful watching; as, a slight fluttering of the pulse could be detected. We discover what has existed but has not been known to us; we invent combinations or arrangements not before in use; Columbus discovered America; Morse invented the electric telegraph. Find is the most general word for every means of coming to know what was not before certainly known. A man finds in the road some stranger's purse, or finds his own which he is searching for. The expert discovers or detects an error in an account; the auditor finds the account to be correct. Compare DISCERN.

   See synonyms for HIDE.

   Synonyms:
   ascertain, descry, discern, disclose, discover, expose, ferret out, find, find out, invent

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1. detect

   Synonyms:
   discover, descry, unmask, expose

   Antonyms:
   miss, lose, misobserve, ignore, connive

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1. detect, observe, find, discover, noticeverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   line up, recover, chance upon, follow, strike, let out, find oneself, get wind, get, get hold, reveal, keep an eye on, attain, let on, find, acknowledge, retrieve, get word, fall upon, rule, notice, disclose, divulge, chance, abide by, determine, see, find out, keep, key, come up, remark, bring out, celebrate, watch over, comment, take note, honor, identify, name, encounter, learn, come upon, happen, watch, receive, happen upon, feel, describe, point out, chance on, incur, come across, expose, observe, get a line, distinguish, witness, honour, mention, pick up, give away, ascertain, mark, maintain, unwrap, break, respect, bump, light upon, regain, obtain, discover, key out, note, hear

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1. detectverb

   Synonyms:
   discover, expose, descry, find out, bring to light, lay open

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1. List of paraphrases for "detect":

   detecting, detection, identify, detects, discover, uncover, discovery, spot, identifying, detectable, trace, reconnaissance

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1. Erikka Loftfield:

   Since the majority of coffee drinkers in our study primarily drank caffeinated coffee, we had better statistical power to detect an association for caffeinated than for decaffeinated coffee drinking.

2. Jose Aleman:

   Not only does it detect illicit activity that’s happening, but it also helps us rescue people because some of these folks that are out here are abandoned, they’re out here by themselves.

3. Acting NHTSA Administrator James Owens:

   We are going to lean in on safety and if we detect a safety problem we will immediately take action.

4. Richard Blumenthal:

   Inward-facing cameras, with the right privacy protections for employees, are a critical way to make our railroads safer, cameras improve accident investigations, deter unsafe behavior, and detect compliance with safety laws, which is why I have urged their installation as soon as possible.

5. Louise Hartley:

   For the business aspect of Instant Detect, we're really just using it for conservation purposes, so we'll roll it out to two different sites for anti-poaching or for remote monitoring. A lot of that will be through grant funded, but also we may sell additional systems to four conservation uses, we want to bring in new transmission methods.