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{
"term": "detect",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "detect",
"heSheIt": "detects"
},
"pastSimple": "detected",
"pastParticiple": "detected",
"ingForm": "detecting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to discover or notice something, especially something that is not easy to see, hear, etc.",
"sensetop": "detect something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The tests are designed to detect the disease early."
},
{
"text": "Only 8 per cent of regular cola consumers **detected a difference**."
},
{
"text": "The sensor **detects changes** in light level and temperature."
},
{
"text": "a test that can **detect the presence** of calcium in the arteries"
},
{
"text": "This is an instrument that can detect very small amounts of radiation."
},
{
"text": "Do I detect a note of criticism?"
},
{
"text": "Some cancers can now be cured if they are detected early."
},
{
"text": "Some substances can be detected fairly easily."
},
{
"text": "The test failed to detect any illegal substances."
},
{
"text": "a machine that is sensitive enough to detect tiny amounts of explosives"
},
{
"text": "These creatures are so small they would be impossible to detect with the human eye."
}
],
"topics": ["Scientific research"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["early", "late", "quickly"],
"verb + detect": ["be able to", "be sensitive enough to", "can"],
"phrases": [
"be capable of detecting something",
"a means of detecting something",
"a method of detecting something"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈtekt/",
"audio": "de/detect/detect__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈtekts/",
"audio": "de/detect/detects__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈtektɪd/",
"audio": "de/detect/detected__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈtektɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/detect/detecting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈtekt/",
"audio": "de/detect/detect__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈtekts/",
"audio": "de/detect/detects__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈtektɪd/",
"audio": "de/detect/detected__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈtektɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/detect/detecting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "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 senses (partly influenced by detective)."
}