Definition of Detect

1. Verb. Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of. "We found traces of lead in the paint"


Definition of Detect

1. a. Detected.

2. v. t. 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.

Definition of Detect

1. Verb. to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Detect

1. to discover or perceive [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Detect

1. And (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Detect

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