Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to detect
Participle: detected
Gerund: detecting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | detect |
| you | detect |
| he;she;it | detects |
| we | detect |
| you | detect |
| they | detect |
Perfect
| I | have detected |
| you | have detected |
| he;she;it | has detected |
| we | have detected |
| you | have detected |
| they | have detected |
Past
| I | detected |
| you | detected |
| he;she;it | detected |
| we | detected |
| you | detected |
| they | detected |
Pluperfect
| I | had detected |
| you | had detected |
| he;she;it | had detected |
| we | had detected |
| you | had detected |
| they | had detected |
Future
| I | will detect |
| you | will detect |
| he;she;it | will detect |
| we | will detect |
| you | will detect |
| they | will detect |
Future Perfect
| I | will have detected |
| you | will have detected |
| he;she;it | will have detected |
| we | will have detected |
| you | will have detected |
| they | will have detected |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | detect |
| you | detect |
| he;she;it | detect |
| we | detect |
| you | detect |
| they | detect |
Perfect
| I | have detected |
| you | have detected |
| he;she;it | have detected |
| we | have detected |
| you | have detected |
| they | have detected |
Imperfect
| I | detected |
| you | detected |
| he;she;it | detected |
| we | detected |
| you | detected |
| they | detected |
Pluperfect
| I | had detected |
| you | had detected |
| he;she;it | had detected |
| we | had detected |
| you | had detected |
| they | had detected |
Conditional
Present
| I | would detect |
| you | would detect |
| he;she;it | would detect |
| we | would detect |
| you | would detect |
| they | would detect |
Perfect
| I | would have detected |
| you | would have detected |
| he;she;it | would have detected |
| we | would have detected |
| you | would have detected |
| they | would have detected |
Imperative
| you | detect |
| we | Let's detect |
| you | detect |
Verbs conjugated like 'detect'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'detect'
defect,
deject,
detent,
detest,
detext,
detrect,
decoct,
dedent,
deduct,
deech,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- find
- observe, scent, ascertain, disclose, notice, catch, identify, descry
Antonyms
- find
- lose, misplace, mislay, miss
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1447, from L.
detectus, pp. of
detegere "uncover, disclose," from
de- "un-, off" +
tegere "to cover" (see stegosaurus).
Detective (n.) is 1850, short for
detective police.
2. From Latin detectus, perfect passive participle of detegere (“to uncover or disclose”), from de- + tegere (“to cover”); see tegument, tile, thatch.
Verbs referencing "detect"
Portuguese
detectar, Portuguese
detetar, Norwegian
detektere, Norwegian, nynorsk
detektere, Esperanto
detekti.
Sample Sentences
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[...] though Miss Ophelia could not help feeling that so many accidents could not possibly happen in succession, yet she could not, without a watchfulness which would leave her no time for anything else, detect her.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)