detectionnoun [ U ]
uk/dɪˈtek.ʃən/us/dɪˈtek.ʃən/the fact of noticing or discovering something:
Early detection of the cancer improves the chances of successful treatment.
bomb detection
the fact of the police discovering information about crimes:
a low/high crime detection rate
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Finding and discovering
- a fishing expedition idiom
- alight
- ascertain
- break fresh/new ground idiom
- breakthrough
- catch sb red-handed idiom
- flush
- get wind of sth idiom
- happen
- happen on/upon sth/sb
- have a (good) nose for sth idiom
- have got something there idiom
- root sth/sb out
- run sb/sth to ground idiom
- scent
- search
- search sth/sb out
- smell
- sniff sth out
- stumble
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