detect

Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɛkt/

The English word “detect” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

To discover or notice, especially by careful search, examination, or probing.
To work or solve cases as a detective.

adjective

Detected.

Etymology

From Latin detectus, perfect passive participle of detegere (“to uncover or disclose”), from de- + tegere (“to cover”); see tegument, tile, thatch. Sense "to work or solve cases as a detective" a back-formation from detective.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “detect” there

More English words

detassel
detax
detaxation
detechnicalize
detectability
detectable
detectable warning surface
detectably

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.