Detection Meaning
/dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.
nounSynonym of accusation, the exposure of concealed information about a crime or heresy.
Sentence Examples
She had escaped detection somehow.
I'm testing whether the language detection works again.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Early ____ of the disease greatly improves the chance of survival.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She had escaped ____ somehow.
Word Origin & History
Learned borrowing from Latin dētēctiōnem. By surface analysis, detect + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
"“Why should Eldridge commit murder?[…]There was only one possible motive—namely, he wished to avoid detection as James Selby of Anaconda Ltd.[…]”"
— 1931, Francis Beeding, “10/6”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Early ____ of the disease greatly improves the chance of survival.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She had escaped ____ somehow.