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# detect

«detect» in Mova's school dictionary: **hard to see, hear or smell** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (detect, detects, detected, detecting); nouns detection, detector, detective

### meaning for a pupil

1) To notice or discover something that is hard to see, hear or smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detect/#m1)

2) To find something using a special tool or test (detect smoke, detect metal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detect/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science: instruments detect things we can't sense (radiation, sound waves); our senses detect light and sound. In safety: smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms detect danger. In stories: detectives detect clues.

### examples

- The smoke alarm detected the burnt toast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detect/#x1)
- Dogs can detect smells we can't. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detect/#x2)
- Scientists detected water on Mars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detect/#x3)
- I detected a hint of sadness in his voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detect/#x4)
- The scanner detects metal in bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detect/#x5)
- Bats detect insects using echoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detect/#x6)
- The Sultan could not detect any difference between them, and he told his aunt that he would not be so cruel as to kill all three. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detect/#x7)

### note

Nouns: detector (machine), detective (person), detection (the act). Check smoke detectors work by pressing the test button.

### In the corpora

- [Menthol in mint switches on the nerve sensors that detect cold, so the mouth feels cool though it is not colder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin/12/)
- [If a pop-up says «Virus detected!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «detect» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detect/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.