{
    "term": "detect",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "detect",
            "heSheIt": "detects"
        },
        "pastSimple": "detected",
        "pastParticiple": "detected",
        "ingForm": "detecting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to discover or notice something, especially something that is not easy to see, hear, etc.",
            "sensetop": "detect something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The tests are designed to detect the disease early."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Only 8 per cent of regular cola consumers **detected a difference**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sensor **detects changes** in light level and temperature."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a test that can **detect the presence** of calcium in the arteries"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is an instrument that can detect very small amounts of radiation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do I detect a note of criticism?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some cancers can now be cured if they are detected early."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some substances can be detected fairly easily."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The test failed to detect any illegal substances."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a machine that is sensitive enough to detect tiny amounts of explosives"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These creatures are so small they would be impossible to detect with the human eye."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Scientific research"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["early", "late", "quickly"],
                "verb + detect": ["be able to", "be sensitive enough to", "can"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be capable of detecting something",
                    "a means of detecting something",
                    "a method of detecting something"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtekt/",
                "audio": "de/detect/detect__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtekts/",
                "audio": "de/detect/detects__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtektɪd/",
                "audio": "de/detect/detected__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtektɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/detect/detecting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtekt/",
                "audio": "de/detect/detect__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtekts/",
                "audio": "de/detect/detects__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtektɪd/",
                "audio": "de/detect/detected__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtektɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/detect/detecting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin detect- ‘uncovered’, from the verb detegere, from de- (expressing reversal) + tegere ‘to cover’. The original senses were ‘uncover, expose’ and ‘give someone away’, later ‘expose the real or hidden nature of’; hence the current senses (partly influenced by detective)."
}