DETECT

detect, observe, find, discover, notice

(verb) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; “She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water”; “We found traces of lead in the paint”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

detect (third-person singular simple present detects, present participle detecting, simple past and past participle detected)

to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing

Adjective

detect (not comparable)

(obsolete) Detected.

Anagrams

• dectet

Source: Wiktionary


De*tect", a. Etym: [L. detectus, p. p. of detegere to uncover, detect; de + tegere to cover. See Tegument.]

Definition: Detected. [Obs.] Fabyan.

De*tect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detected; p. pr. & vb. n. Detecting.]

1. To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account. Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last. Burke. Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. Pope.

2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.] He was untruly judged to have preached such articles as he was detected of. Sir T. More.

Syn.

– To discover; find out; lay bare; expose.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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BARGAIN

(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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