detected

Academic Word List, sublist 8.

About 15.70 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having been noticed.

   The detected submarine was tracked by sonar, it was easy once they knew where to look.

2. verb simple past and past participle of detect

   We detected the submarine long before it observed us.

Similar words

perceived sensed heard felt noticed detection solved recognized discovering discovery

Often followed by

in by and the a at with on as

Word family

detect detectable detecting detection detective detectives detector detectors detects