detect
/dɪˈtɛkt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.05 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The forensic examiners detected tiny traces of the poison on the suspect's gloves."
- "On entering the room, I immediately detected the smell of gas."
- "Cantharidin, although readily decomposed by chemical agents, is so permanent in the body that it has been detected in the corpse of a cat eighty-four days after death."
- "Diesel maintenance schedules are benefiting from work done on the magnificent Hilger & Watts electronic spectrograph for oil analysis, which detects minute quantities of metals in samples of used lubricating oil; [...]."
- "Parker would in all likelihood have done so; he was paid to detect and to do nothing else, and neither his natural gifts nor his education (at Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School) prompted him to stray into side-tracks at the beck of an ill-regulated imagination."
- "Let me introduce myself: Mike MacAdam, hotel detective. / H-how d-’you do? / Mind if I begin detecting?"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /dɪˈtɛkt/