Definitions for detect

detect de·tect

Spelling: [dih-tekt]
IPA: /dɪˈtɛkt/

Detect is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in detect (cdeett).

Definitions for detect

verb (used with object)

  1. to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act:
  2. to discover the existence of:
  3. to find out the true character or activity of:
  4. Telecommunications. to rectify alternating signal currents in a radio receiver. to demodulate.

Origin of detect

1400-50; late Middle English Latin dētēctus (past participle of dētegere), equivalent to dē- de- + teg(ere) to cover + -tus past participle suffix

Examples for detect

There is only one approved, working test that can detect whether or not Ebola is present in the blood.

How often, my dear, have you and I endeavoured to detect and censure this partial spirit in others?

He could detect a design upon it when nobody else had any perception of the fact.

In more than one case, we seem to detect an actual portrait.

The spy had kept his eyes open, but had been able to detect no sign.

No one who lives in an American city requires a flashlight to detect the presence of immigrants or the challenges they face daily.

Without the beeps and whirs of a cellphone, you can use your ears to detect crickets, mice, or other vermin in your home.

Testing methods can now detect HIV within ten days of infection.

The eye could not detect one creature in the group free from the smear of blood.

The company is already brainstorming what it can detect next.

Word Value for detect
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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