detected

Saydi-TEK-tid/dɪˈtɛktɪd/

2 meanings of detected

1
verb
Simple past and past participle of detect.
Sensors detected a sudden rise in temperature inside the reactor.
The error was detected before the system could crash.
Note
A regular -ed form, so one spelling serves both the simple past (we detected the submarine) and the participle that follows have in the perfect and be in the passive (the error was detected). Placed before a noun, it becomes the adjective for what has been noticed. Older English managed without the ending: detect itself once served as an adjective meaning "detected", a use now obsolete.
2
adjective
Having been noticed, found out, or discovered.
The detected leak was sealed before any real damage occurred.
Analysts traced every detected anomaly back to a single faulty sensor.
Similarobserved, spotted
Oppositeundetected, unnoticed, undiscovered, hidden

detected is a form of detect

detect, verb: To discover or find something by means of careful search, examination, or probing. Full entry

Forms: detectdetects he/she/itdetecting -ing formdetected past tense, past participle
Spelling: detect → detected: add -ed
Sound: The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.

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