Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From Latin detectus, perfect passive participle of detegere (“to uncover or disclose”), from de- + tegere (“to cover”); see tegument, tile, thatch. Sense "to work or solve cases as a detective" a back-formation from detective.
From Latin detectus, perfect passive participle of detegere (“to uncover or disclose”), from de- + tegere (“to cover”); see tegument, tile, thatch. Sense "to work or solve cases as a detective" a back-formation from detective.
Diesel maintenance schedules are benefiting from work done on the magnificent Hilger & Watts electronic spectrograph for oil analysis, which detects minute quantities of metals in samples of used lubricating oil; [...].1960 June, “Talking of Trains: New B.R. research laboratory”, in Trains Illustrated, page 329:
The forensic examiners detected tiny traces of the poison on the suspect's gloves.
On entering the room, I immediately detected the smell of gas.
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.1885, Alexander Wynter Blyth, Poisons, Their Effects and Detection: A Manual for the Use of Analytical Chemists and Experts, volume I, New York: William Wood and Co., page 430:
Let me introduce myself: Mike MacAdam, hotel detective. / H-how d-’you do? / Mind if I begin detecting?1978, Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper, Michael Turner, transl., Tintin in America (The Adventures of Tintin), Egmont, published 2012, →ISBN, page 45:
That aversion is tested when he teams up with Pikachu (voiced by Ryan Reynolds), his father's detecting partner, after the father appears to have been killed in an accident.2019 May 9, Ben Kenigsberg, “'Pokémon Detective Pikachu' Review: A Cat and (Electric) Mouse Game”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2022:
In a detective story, a detective detects; an active effort is made to determine who committed a given crime, and detecting the identity of a criminal could not be done until there were detectives.1991, Hillary Waugh, Hillary Waugh's Guide to Mysteries & Mystery Writing Novel, Writer's Digest Books, →ISBN, page 11:
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.1926, Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey; 2), T. Fisher Unwin, →ISBN, page 105:
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| detects | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| detected | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| detected | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| detecting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
detecter · detector · detectograph · autodetect · detective · redetect · detectable · detectible · metal-detect · underdetect · nondetect · immunodetect · overdetect · misdetect · detectability · undetectability · codetect · detection
detectar · detectar · detectar · détecter · detetar · detecta
find · stumble upon · discover
fi havaita (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · cs odhalit (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · vi dò ra (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · he גילה (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · sh otkriti (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · ja 見付ける (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · sv upptäcka (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · ja 検出する (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · sq zbuloj (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · ru обнару́живать (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · ta கண்டுபிடி (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · bg откри́вам (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · km រកឃើញ (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · as ধৰা পেলোৱা (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · de entdecken (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · pt detetar (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · it rilevare (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · et tuvastama (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · fr déceler (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · af bespeuren (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · ca detectar (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · uk виявляти (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · kix thōhshá (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · io des-kovrar (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · ko 탐지하다 (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · fr détecter (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · mi hopu (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · cs objevit (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · it individuare (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · cs najít (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · io des-vel-izar (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · ru обнару́жить (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · ar كَشَفَ (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · eo detekti (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · cmn 覺察 /觉察 (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · ko 수색하다 (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · pl wykrywać (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · he זיהה (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · fi huomata (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · vi phát hiện (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · la dētegō (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · cmn 察覺 /察觉 (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · eo trovi (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · pt detectar (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · ro detecta (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · ru выявля́ть (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · cmn 發覺 /发觉 (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · cs detekovat (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · pl wykryć (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · bg намирам (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · hu felfedez (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · ko 찾다 (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · es detectar (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · nl detecteren (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · he חשף (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing) · ru вы́явить (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing)