detect
To discover or notice, especially by careful search, examination, or probing.
Verb 2 meanings
To discover or notice, especially by careful search, examination, or probing.
“The forensic examiners detected tiny traces of the poison on the suspect's gloves.”
To work or solve cases as a detective.
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.
DETECT at a glance
DETECT has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (D 2 + E 1 + T 1 + E 1 + C 3 + T 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,455 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with detect
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- DEFECT12
- DETEST7
- DETENT7
- DEJECT16
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