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Word entry · 9 letters

detection

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"Finding out"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted cdeeinottStarts with DEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Latin dētēctiōnem. By surface analysis, detect + -ion.

Used in a sentence

  • “Why should Eldridge commit murder?[…]There was only one possible motive—namely, he wished to avoid detection as James Selby of Anaconda Ltd.[…]”

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