verb · academic
detect
/dɪˈtɛkt/di·TECT
to discover or notice the presence of something, especially something not easy to see, hear, etc.
Examples
“Advanced sensors can detect minute changes in air quality.”
“The test detected traces of the toxin in water samples.”
“Early screening helps detect diseases before symptoms appear.”
Band 8 sentence
“The screening program detected early-stage cancers that standard exams had missed.”
Collocations
- detect a signal/anomaly/trend
- detect traces/presence
Word family
Common mistakes
We can detect many informations from the data.→We can detect many pieces of information from the data.
The device detect the leak immediately.→The device detected the leak immediately.
Say it for a higher band
5find→6discover→7+detect
Synonyms
discover
identify
Easily confused
discover
“Scientists discovered a new species in the rainforest.”
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