Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word To notice or discover something, often something that is not immediately obvious or hidden.
Detect
/dɪˈtekt/Synonyms:
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Examples:
I thought I detected something strange in her silence.
'Detecting crime is sometimes very easy,' said Poirot.
Death is instantaneous, and Western science is powerless to detect it.
Etymology:
First used around the 15th century, derived from Latin detectus, the past participle of detegere which means to uncover or expose, from de- (down) and tegere (to cover).
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