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# detected

«detected» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past form of detect, which means to notice or find…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (detect, detects, detected, detecting); adjective (detected)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Detected is the past form of detect, which means to notice or find something that is hard to see, hear or smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#m1)

2) Detected means found by a machine or test, like a smoke alarm or scanner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, instruments detect things like heat, light, sound and movement; in safety, smoke alarms detect smoke and carbon monoxide alarms detect a dangerous gas. In stories, detectives detect clues. Phrases: was detected, detected by, no signs detected.

### examples

- The smoke alarm detected smoke and beeped loudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#x1)
- The dog detected the smell of food in the bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#x2)
- Scientists detected a new planet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#x3)
- The sensor detected movement and the light switched on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#x4)
- The doctor detected a small problem with my ear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#x5)
- No mistakes were detected in her work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#x6)
- The radar detected a storm coming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#x7)
- I detected it at once, and put my paw on it, looking as I did so at the woman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#x8)

### note

Past and past participle of detect: detected. Nouns: detection, detector, detective. Safety: test smoke alarms regularly; if one goes off, get out and stay out.

### In the corpora

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