verb
ADVERB
▪ early , late
▪
Some cancers can now be cured if they are ~ed early.
▪ quickly , rapidly
▪ automatically
▪ easily , readily
▪
Some substances can be ~ed fairly easily.
▪ clearly
▪ accurately , correctly , successfully
▪ consistently , reliably
▪ visually
VERB + DETECT
▪ be able to , be sensitive enough to , can
▪
a machine that is sensitive enough to ~ tiny amounts of explosives
▪ be unable to
▪ be designed to
▪ fail to
▪
The test failed to ~ any illegal substances.
▪ be difficult to , be hard to , be impossible to
▪ be easy to , be possible to
▪ be used to
PHRASES
▪ be capable of ~ing sth
▪ a means of ~ing sth , a method of ~ing sth , a way of ~ing sth
Detect is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ ear , ↑ monitor , ↑ satellite
Detect is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ cancer , ↑ change , ↑ crime , ↑ deception , ↑ deficiency , ↑ difference , ↑ disease , ↑ effect , ↑ error , ↑ fault , ↑ flash , ↑ flicker , ↑ hint , ↑ inconsistency , ↑ intruder , ↑ irregularity , ↑ leak , ↑ lump , ↑ mine , ↑ missile , ↑ motion , ↑ movement , ↑ note , ↑ presence , ↑ problem , ↑ radiation , ↑ radioactivity , ↑ shift , ↑ sign , ↑ signal , ↑ signature , ↑ smell , ↑ symptom , ↑ trace , ↑ trend , ↑ vibration , ↑ violation , ↑ virus , ↑ wave , ↑ whiff