detection

C1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /dɪˈtek.ʃən/ UK /dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #14297

Meanings

1

noun
The act of noticing or discovering that something exists or has happened.

Early detection of cancer can often lead to a cure.
2

noun
The process of investigating and uncovering a crime.

The detective's careful detection finally caught the thief.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the act of noticing or... sensing spotting

2 noun · the process of... detecting

More demodulation

Word family

Forms detections

Derived forms antidetectionautodetectionbiodetectionchemodetectioncodetectionimmunodetectionmicrodetectionmisdetectionmultidetectionnon-detectionnondetectionoverdetection

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Phrases (1)

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signal detection
the process of determining whether a signal is present

Noun + noun

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dētēctiōnem. By surface analysis, detect + -ion.

detectio Latin

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# detection

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈtek.ʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 14297

## Meanings
1. The act of noticing or discovering that something exists or has happened.
2. The process of investigating and uncovering a crime.

## Examples
- Early detection of cancer can often lead to a cure.
- The detective's careful detection finally caught the thief.

## Synonyms
- demodulation

## Derived Forms
- antidetection
- autodetection
- biodetection
- chemodetection
- codetection
- immunodetection
- microdetection
- misdetection
- multidetection
- non-detection
- nondetection
- overdetection

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: detectio

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dētēctiōnem. By surface analysis, detect + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Detection is a learned borrowing from Latin dētēctiōnem. By surface analysis, detect + -ion. The historical chain includes detectio (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as antidetection, autodetection, biodetection, and chemodetection. In present use it covers the act of noticing or discovering that something exists or has happened and the process of investigating and uncovering a crime.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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