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Verb: detect  di'tekt
  1. Determine the existence, presence, or fact of
    "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"
    - observe, find, discover, notice

Derived forms: detects, detecting, detected

See also: detecting, detection, detector

Type of: sight, spy

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