detect

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈtɛkt/ Rhymes: -ɛkt === Etymology 1 === From Latin detectus, perfect passive participle of detegere (“to uncover or disclose”), from de- + tegere (“to cover”); see tegument, tile, thatch. ==== Verb ==== detect (third-person singular simple present detects, present participle detecting, simple past and past participle detected) (transitive) To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) (intransitive, rare) To work as a detective. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Catalan: detectar → French: détecter→ Dutch: detecteren → Portuguese: detectar, detetar (Portugal) → Romanian: detecta → Spanish: detectar ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== discover find stumble upon ==== Adjective ==== detect (not comparable) (obsolete) Detected. === Etymology 2 === Back-formation from detective. ==== Verb ==== detect (third-person singular simple present detects, present participle detecting, simple past and past participle detected) (Should we delete(+) this sense?) (intransitive, informal) To work or solve cases as a detective. === References === “detect”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “detect”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “detect”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “detect”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “detect”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Anagrams === dectet