DETECT


Meaning of DETECT in English

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

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