Kilo Lingo

/detekˈtaɾ/

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Translation

to detect

Word origin

From Latin detegere ('to uncover'), from de- ('un-') plus tegere ('to cover'). The same root gives English 'detect'.

Origin
Latin
Root
detegere
English cognates
detect

Grammar

Verb type-ar regular

Examples

aparato instante.

The device can detect smoke instantly.

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The doctors managed to detect the illness in time.

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It was not easy to detect the error in the code.

¿ ?

How can you detect a lie?

radar cualquier .

The radar detects any aircraft in the area.

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This word is part of lesson 67.