Dictionary Entry
detect
detect is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Detected. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Detected.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
To inform against; to accuse.
- 4verb
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"
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