Synonyms of the word detect


DETECTDISCOVER - FIND - NOTICE - OBSERVE - SIGHT

detect

  • v. to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
  • adj. (obsolete) Detected.

discover

  • v. To find or learn something for the first time.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).
  • v. (transitive, now rare) To expose, uncover.
  • v. (transitive, chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To reveal (information); to divulge, make known.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To reconnoitre, explore (an area).
  • v. (obsolete) To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit.

find

  • v. (transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
  • v. (transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
  • v. (transitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
  • v. (transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
  • v. (transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
  • v. (transitive) To point out.
  • v. (transitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
  • v. (transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To supply; to furnish.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To provide for.
  • v. (intransitive, law) To determine or judge.
  • v. (intransitive, hunting) To discover game.
  • n. Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
  • n. The act of finding.

notice

  • n. (chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
  • n. (countable) A written or printed announcement.
  • n. (countable) A formal notification or warning.
  • n. (chiefly uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee…
  • n. (countable) A published critical review of a play or the like.
  • n. (uncountable) Prior notification.
  • n. (dated) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
  • v. (transitive) To acknowledge the presence of; observe.
  • v. (transitive) To detect; to perceive with the mind.

observe

  • v. (transitive) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
  • v. (transitive) To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).
  • v. (intransitive) To comment on something; to make an observation.

sight

  • n. (in the singular) The ability to see.
  • n. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
  • n. Something seen.
  • n. Something worth seeing; a spectacle.
  • n. A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
  • n. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
  • n. (now colloquial) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
  • n. In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame…
  • n. (obsolete) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
  • n. Mental view; opinion; judgment.
  • v. (transitive) To register visually.
  • v. (transitive) To get sight of (something).
  • v. (transitive) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction…
  • v. (transitive) To take aim at.

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