detection

CEFRB1

/dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The act of noticing or discovering something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Synonym of accusation, the exposure of concealed information about a crime or heresy.

Examples

  • I'm testing whether the language detection works again.

  • She had escaped detection somehow.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /dɪˈtek.ʃən/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.

  2. The act or process of finding or detecting an electrical signal in a carrier wave.

More examples

In context

  • “Why should Eldridge commit murder?[…]There was only one possible motive—namely, he wished to avoid detection as James Selby of Anaconda Ltd.[…]”

  • 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.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Learned borrowing from Latin dētēctiōnem. By surface analysis, detect + -ion.