detects
Saydi-TEKTS/dɪˈtɛkts/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of detect.
The sensor detects even small changes in room temperature.
A careful editor detects errors that automated checkers tend to miss.
Note
The -s form a singular subject calls for in the present: it detects, the alarm detects, as against they detect. It usually takes an object, as in a sensor that detects heat or an editor who detects errors. In informal use it can stand alone, meaning 'works as a detective' (she detects for a living). The obsolete adjective detect, meaning 'detected', never takes this ending.
detects is a form of detect
detect, verb: To discover or find something by means of careful search, examination, or probing. Full entry
- Spelling
- detect → detects: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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