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# detected

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

«detected» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Detected is the past form of detect, which means to notice or find something that is hard to see, hear or smell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#m1)
2. Detected means found by a machine or test, like a smoke alarm or scanner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#x1)
- The dog detected the smell of food in the bag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#x2)
- Scientists detected a new planet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#x3)
- The sensor detected movement and the light switched on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#x4)
- The doctor detected a small problem with my ear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#x5)
- No mistakes were detected in her work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#x6)
- The radar detected a storm coming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#x7)
- I detected it at once, and put my paw on it, looking as I did so at the woman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/#x8)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «detected» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detected/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«detected» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/detected.html) on Mova free.