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Noun detecting has 1 sense
- 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 
  
Verb detect has 1 sense
- 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 
Sample sentences: 
 Somebody ----s something 
 Somebody ----s somebody 
 Somebody ----s that CLAUSE 
  
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