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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.5 / 9 votes

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. • Sight

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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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How to use detect in a sentence?

1. Vipin Narang:

   North Korea has had a decade-long nuclear testing sequence where they have presumably learned a lot about designs, they probably do not need full blown tests to go into serial production of warheads. And they can improve components and perfect designs with subcritical and hydrodynamic tests which we wouldn't be able to monitor or detect.

2. Steve Lindsay:

   People carrying malaria parasite already have a signature scent, and we know if dogs can smell drugs, food and other substances, they should be able to detect this smell on clothing, too.

3. 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.

4. John Collomosse:

   I think deepfakes are almost like an arms race, because people are producing increasingly convincing deepfakes, and someday it might become impossible to detect them. Thats why the best you can do is try to prove the provenance of a video.

5. Nick Bennett:

   Cyberattacks like this - sophisticated, difficult to detect and often linked to international threat actors - are the new normal, no company or organization is immune.