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Word: Detect
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English: from Latin detect- ‘uncovered’, from the verb detegere, from de- (expressing reversal) + tegere ‘to cover’. The original senses were ‘uncover, expose’ and ‘give someone away’, later ‘expose the real or hidden nature of’; hence the current (partly influenced by detective)
dɪˈtɛkt
discover or identify the presence or existence of
Short Definition:discover or identify presence or existence of
Examples:- cancer may soon be detected in its earliest stages
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