detect

de-tect · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To discover or identify the presence or existence of something.

  2. 2.

    To notice or perceive something that is partly hidden or not clear.

  3. 3.

    To discover or investigate a crime.

Related words

Antonyms: ignore, miss, overlook
See also: detection, detective, detector
Synonyms: discover, identify, notice, perceive, spot

Etymology

From Latin detectus, past participle of detegere meaning "to uncover, expose," from de- (off, away) + tegere (to cover). First recorded in English in the early 15th century.