detecting

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

I cannot remember detecting gratitude in his face.” “Detecting! — Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, Charlotte Brontë
If he steal aught the whilst this play is playing, And ’scape detecting, I will pay the theft. — Hamlet, William Shakespeare
What is said about detecting and bringing into practice nice relations of size, proportion, and color, is one of those mere vaguenesses of speech which serve to veil inaccuracy of thought. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe

detection, detective work, sleuthing

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