verb · neutral
detect
/dɪˈtɛkt/de·TECT
Band 7+task1task2
to discover or notice something, especially something that is not easy to see; to find evidence of
Examples
“Screening programmes aim to detect disease at an early stage.”
“The radar system can detect even small aircraft.”
“Scientists detected traces of pollution in the river water.”
Band 8 sentence
“Advanced sensors now detect microscopic levels of contamination that older equipment missed.”
Collocations
- detect disease
- detect traces of
- be detected by
Word family
detect verbdetection noundetectable adjective
Common mistakes
detect of→detect (no preposition) / detect traces of
be detect→be detected
Say it for a higher band
5find→6notice→7+detect
Synonyms
discover
identify
Easily confused
discover
“Archaeologists discovered a Roman coin during the excavation.”
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