The verb detect means to discover or observe the existence of something. If you walk into your house and detect the odor of burnt food, you can deduce from the evidence that you will be going out to dinner tonight!
Detected.
Verb
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
a.
Detected.
v. t.
To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light;
as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account.
v. t.
To inform against; to accuse.
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Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last.
Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect.2.
He was untruly judged to have preached such articles as he was detected of.
Detected.
To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light;
Usage Examples
Since 2001, the Patriot Act has provided the means to detect and disrupt terrorist threats against the U.S. Prior to enactment of the law, major legal barriers prevented intelligence, national defense, and law enforcement agencies from working together and sharing information.
Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart.
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Other Usage ExamplesOnce the attacks occur, as we learned on Sept. 11, it is too late. It makes little sense to deprive ourselves of an important, and legal, means to detect and prevent terrorist attacks while we are still in the middle of a fight to the death with al Qaeda.
The technology used to detect if vehicles are carrying radioactive material is so sensitive it can tell if a person recently received radiation as part of a medical procedure.
As part of our layered approach, we have expedited the deployment of new Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) units to help detect concealed metallic and non-metallic threats on passengers. These machines are now in use at airports nationwide, and the vast majority of travelers say they prefer this technology to alternative screening measures.
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