English · Word Candidate

detect

/dɪˈtɛkt/

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Also seen as: detects · detecting

Sense 1

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Phát hiện hoặc tìm thấy bằng cách tìm kiếm, kiểm tra hoặc thăm dò cẩn thận

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Verb

Examples

Cantharidin, although readily decomposed by chemical agents, is so permanent in the body that it has been detected in the corpse of a cat eighty-four days after death.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 2

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

To work or solve cases as a detective.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Làm việc hoặc giải quyết vụ án như một thám tử

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VerbRegister: informal

Examples

Parker would in all likelihood have done so; he was paid to detect and to do nothing else, and neither his natural gifts nor his education (at Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School) prompted him to stray into side-tracks at the beck of an ill-regulated imagination.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “detect” mean?

To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.

Is “detect” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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