Definition
to detect: to notice, to see; to discover, to find
It did not take long for Dr. von Headcold to detect Bruno's sadness; Bruno was crying uncontrollably.
The computer has detected a virus, please permanently delete the following files.
Luna is taking a course to learn how to detect if someone is lying. She will learn to see the signs in somebody's words and face when they are not telling the truth.
- "Luna : I do detect an accent."
- "Is that an Irish accent I detect?"
- "This one is an "optical mouse", which means that it uses a laser to detect the mouse's movement."
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