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Detecting

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Noun

1. detecting, detection, detective work, sleuthing

a police investigation to determine the perpetrator

Example Sentences:
'detection is hard on the feet'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Detecting

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to perceive or notice
to detect a note of sarcasm
2. 
to discover the existence or presence of (esp something likely to elude observation)
to detect alcohol in the blood
3. 
to extract information from (an electromagnetic wave)
4. obsolete
to reveal or expose (a crime, criminal, etc)

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Detecting

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verb transitive
1. 
to catch or discover, as in a misdeed
2. 
to discover or manage to perceive (something hidden or not easily noticed)
to detect a flaw in an argument
3.  Radio
a. 
rectify (sense 4)
b. 
demodulate
4.  Obsolete
to uncover; reveal

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Detecting

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tr.v. de·tect·ed, de·tect·ing, de·tects
1. To discover or ascertain the existence, presence, or fact of.
2. To discern (something hidden or subtle): detected a note of sarcasm in the remark.
3. To learn something hidden and often improper about: detected the manager in a lie.
4. Electronics To demodulate.

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