detect

Verb
  1. Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of (synset 202158938)
    "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
    is a type of: sight, spy - catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
    subtypes:
    • catch out, find out - trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act
    • sense - detect some circumstance or entity automatically
    • instantiate - find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word)
    • trace - discover traces of
    • see - observe as if with an eye
    same as: discover, find, notice, observe
    verb group: discover, find - make a discovery, make a new finding

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