Detect

Verb

 * 1) to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing

Adverbs for Detect
easily; cleverly; shrewdly; casually; astutely; logically; artfully; slyly; brilliantly; scientifically; accidentally.

Synonyms for Detect
discover, find, stumble upon, expose, unearth, uncover, catch, identify, unmask, determine, disclose, perceive, espy, ferret out, ascertain, apprehend.

Antonyms for Detect
miss, fail, blunder, mistake, overlook, pass by, omit.

Derived terms

 * detection
 * detective
 * detector

Thesaurus
ascertain, catch, descry, determine, dig up, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, feel, find, find out, hit, identify, locate, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, pick up, read, recognize, scent, see, sense, smell, spot, spy, uncover, unearth

Etymology
From detectus:, perfect passive participle of detegere: < de-: + tegere:; see tegument:, tile:, thatch:

Translations

 * Arabic: كشف
 * Bosnian: otkriti
 * Bulgarian: откривам, намирам
 * Chinese:, ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,


 * German:
 * Ido: des-kovrar, des-vel-izar
 * Japanese: 検出する, 見付ける
 * Polish: wykryć, wykrywać
 * Russian:, ,  выявлять,  выявить
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: