detected

«detected» in Mova's school dictionary: the past form of detect, which means to notice or find… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form (detect, detects, detected, detecting); adjective (detected)

meaning for a pupil

1) Detected is the past form of detect, which means to notice or find something that is hard to see, hear or smell. tree →

2) Detected means found by a machine or test, like a smoke alarm or scanner. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, instruments detect things like heat, light, sound and movement; in safety, smoke alarms detect smoke and carbon monoxide alarms detect a dangerous gas. In stories, detectives detect clues. Phrases: was detected, detected by, no signs detected.

examples

• The smoke alarm detected smoke and beeped loudly. tree →
• The dog detected the smell of food in the bag. tree →
• Scientists detected a new planet. tree →
• The sensor detected movement and the light switched on. tree →
• The doctor detected a small problem with my ear. tree →
• No mistakes were detected in her work. tree →
• The radar detected a storm coming. tree →
• I detected it at once, and put my paw on it, looking as I did so at the woman. tree →

note

Past and past participle of detect: detected. Nouns: detection, detector, detective. Safety: test smoke alarms regularly; if one goes off, get out and stay out.

In the corpora

• If a pop-up says «Virus detected!

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «detected» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.