detection

Other forms of detection

plural

detections·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about detection

What does detection mean?

detection means "the perception that something has occurred or some state exists". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in detection?

detection has 3 syllables: de-tec-tion. The stress falls on "tec". In IPA it is /dɪˈtɛkʃən/.

What is another word for detection?

Close synonyms include sensing, catching, espial, spying, spotting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is detection a common word?

detection is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with detection?

2 words rhyme with detection. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.