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detecting
 
Noun detecting has 1 sense
  1. detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthing - a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet"
    --1 is a kind of police work, police investigation
    Derived form: verb detect1
Verb detect has 1 sense
  1. detect, observe, find, discover, notice - discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
    --1 is one way to sight
    Derived forms: noun detection2, noun detector3, noun detector1, noun detecting1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
detains detalles detariff dete deteariate detect detectable detected detecting detecting antonym detection detective detective agency detective novel detective story detective work detectives

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