detect
/dɪˈtɛkt/ verbo B2En español: detectar
- To discover or notice, especially by careful search, examination, or probing. · The forensic examiners detected tiny traces of the poison on the suspect's gloves.· On entering the room, I immediately detected the smell of gas.
- To work or solve cases as a detective.
He/she/it detects · Pasado detected · Participio pasado detected · Forma en -ing detecting
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“Why,” replied he, “I think it just possible Dantès may have been detected with some trifling article on board ship considered here as contraband.”
“If I took them, and were detected, I should lose my place, which is worth two thousand francs a year; so that I should be a great fool to run such a risk for three hundred.”
Mac!—the first sign of temper I have detected in you.
There is no crime to detect, or, at most, some bungling villainy with a motive so transparent that even a Scotland Yard official can see through it.”
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