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de·tect    Audio Help   [di-tekt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act: to detect someone cheating.
2.to discover the existence of: to detect the odor of gas.
3.to find out the true character or activity of: to detect a spy.
4.Telecommunications.
a.to rectify alternating signal currents in a radio receiver.
b.to demodulate.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L détéctus (ptp. of détegere), equiv. to dé- de- + teg(ere) to cover + -tus ptp. suffix]

de·tect·a·ble, de·tect·i·ble, adjective
de·tect·a·bil·i·ty, de·tect·i·bil·i·ty, noun

2. See learn.
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de·tect    Audio Help   (dĭ-těkt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   de·tect·ed, de·tect·ing, de·tects
  1. To discover or ascertain the existence, presence, or fact of.
  2. To discern (something hidden or subtle): detected a note of sarcasm in the remark.
  3. To learn something hidden and often improper about: detected the manager in a lie.
  4. Electronics To demodulate.


[Middle English detecten, from Latin dētegere, dētēct-, to uncover : dē-, de- + tegere, to cover; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.]

de·tect'a·ble, de·tect'i·ble adj., de·tect'er n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
detect 
1447, from L. detectus, pp. of detegere "uncover, disclose," from de- "un-, off" + tegere "to cover" (see stegosaurus). Detective (n.) is 1850, short for detective police.

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detect

verb
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" 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
detect [diˈtekt] verb
to notice or discover
Example: She thought she could detect a smell of gas.
Arabic: يَكْتَشِف
Chinese (Simplified): 察觉
Chinese (Traditional): 察覺
Czech: objevit, zjistit
Danish: mærke; opdage
Dutch: bespeuren
Estonian: tajuma, tabama
Finnish: havaita
French: détecter
German: entdecken
Greek: εντοπίζω, αντιλαμβάνομαι
Hungarian: felfedez
Icelandic: uppgötva, átta sig á
Indonesian: menemukan
Italian: scoprire
Japanese: 見つける
Korean: 알아내다, 밝히다, 눈치채다
Latvian: atklāt; uziet; atrast; uztvert
Lithuanian: susekti, aptikti
Norwegian: fornemme, merke, oppdage
Polish: wykrywać, odkrywać
Portuguese (Brazil): detectar
Portuguese (Portugal): sentir
Romanian: a detecta
Russian: уловить
Slovak: zistiť
Slovenian: odkriti
Spanish: detectar, sentir
Swedish: upptäcka, uppdaga, märka
Turkish: farkına varmak, sezmek, keşfetmek, bulmak
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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.

Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last. --Burke.

Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope.

2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.]

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.
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Detect

Teg"u*ment\, n. [L. tegumentum, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, n., and cf. Detect, Protect.]

1. A cover or covering; an integument.

2. Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part or organ of such a body; skin; hide.
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