Synonym: catch, discover, perceive, recognize, spy. Antonym: conceal, hide. Similar words: detective, architect, protective, protection, architecture, environmental protection, detail, in detail. Meaning: [dɪ'tekt] 
v. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of.
v. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of. 
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1, I can detect signs of improvement in your thinking.
2, The police prevent and detect crime.
3, The company makes devices to detect carbon monoxide.
4, The dentist could detect no decay in her teeth.
5, The dogs were trained to detect the presence of explosives.
6, The dentist could detect no sign of decay in her teeth.
7, The new test should enable doctors to detect the disease early.
8, The submarine is impossible to detect on radar.
9, Do I detect a tinge of irony?
10, Do I detect your hand in this?
11, These dogs are trained to detect drugs.
12, Do I detect a note of criticism?
13, The test failed to detect any illegal substances.
14, This equipment can detect very low frequency signals.
15, This police officer's job is to detect fraud.
16, Their instruments can detect the slightest vibration.
17, The tests are designed to detect the disease early.
18, An observant doctor can often detect depression from expression, posture,[http://sentencedict.com/detect.html] and movement.
19, Arnold could detect a certain sadness in the old man's face.
20, The probe is sensitive enough to detect the presence of a single microbe.
21, I thought I could detect a slight West Country accent.
22, Do I detect a note of sarcasm in your voice?
23, I could detect subtle variances in fragrance as we strolled through the garden.
24, The policeman waited to detect the prisoner in a lie.
25, It is the business of the police to prevent and detect crime and of the law courts to punish crime.
26, The alarm emits infra-red rays which are used to detect any intruder.
27, In the future, cars equipped with on-board computers will be able to detect and avoid traffic jams automatically.
28, The two appendages hanging from the insect's mouth are used to detect and taste food.
29, Her finely-tuned political antennae helped her to sense problems that less-experienced politicians might not detect.
30, He conjectured that some individuals may be able to detect major calamities.
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