detective

Definition of detective in English English dictionary: a police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator; a person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public; a police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; a police officer who investigates crimes an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public; {i} investigator, one who searches for information and evidence relevant to specific occurrences (as in criminal acts); Detective controls are used to identify undesirable events that have occurred; Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer; One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy; A detective is someone whose job is to discover what has happened in a crime or other situation and to find the people involved. Some detectives work in the police force and others work privately. Detectives are appealing for witnesses who may have seen anything suspicious She hired a private detective in an attempt to find her daughter; a police officer who investigates crimes; {s} pertaining to detectives; investigative; an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public; A detective novel or story is one in which a detective tries to solve a crime; 1 searching 2 quest 3 spiritual journey; (noun) (1) A person, usually a member of a police force, who investigates crimes and obtains evidence or information (adjective) (1) Of or relating to detectives or their work: detective novels (2) Suited for or used in detection
detective agency: an agency that makes inquiries for its clients
detective agency: private agency of people who solve crimes or track people etc
detective movies: movies that focus on crime-solving
detective novel: novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end
detective novel: fictitious story based on a theme of detective work, whodunit novel
detective series: television series that focuses on crime-solving
detective story: a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution
detective story: story that focuses on crime-solving and detective work
detective story: Type of popular literature dealing with the step-by-step investigation and solution of a crime, usually murder. The first detective story was Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841). The genre soon expanded to novel length. Sherlock Holmes, the first fictional detective to become a household name, first appeared in Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet (1887). The 1930s was the golden age of the detective novel, exemplified by the books of Dashiell Hammett. The introduction of mass-produced paperback books in the late 1930s made detective stories readily accessible to a wide public, and well-known fictional detectives were created by G.K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane, and Georges Simenon. Among present-day mystery writers P.D. James and Dick Francis rank high
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detect: to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
house detective: A person employed by a privately owned establishment, such as a hotel or large retail store, with the job of preventing wrongdoing and apprehending violators of laws or other regulations
I am usually uncomfortable in such five-star, five-diamond places. . . . I'm afraid I'll break something. Or be found out, collared by the house detective as an interloper unworthy of the surroundings.
house-detective: Alternative spelling of house detective
private detective: Any agent hired by a private party for the purpose of investigation or evidence gathering
detect: To detect something means to find it or discover that it is present somewhere by using equipment or making an investigation. a sensitive piece of equipment used to detect radiation a device which can detect who is more at risk of a heart attack
detect: {v} to discover, find out, lay open, reveal
A detective: sleuth
A detective: dick
A detective: runner
Pinkerton National Detective Agency: U.S. independent police force. The agency was founded in 1850 by Allan Pinkerton (1819-84), former deputy sheriff of Cook county, Ill. It originally specialized in railway theft cases, protecting trains and apprehending train robbers. It solved the $700,000 Adams Express Co. theft in 1856, and in 1861 it thwarted an assassination plot against president-elect Abraham Lincoln. It later participated in anti-labour union activities (see Homestead Strike). It was instrumental in breaking up the Molly Maguires
amateur detective: one who not a professional detective, one who is a detective as a hobby
detect: To sense or obtain a measurable indication from an anomaly in a pipeline
detect: To determine the presence of a compound
detect: Discover, perceive, or locate an object, person, creature type, situation, or aura through primarily visual means Detection can be accomplished through either physical or magical means, depending on what is being sought
detect: Flip a coin If heads, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to Himontop Pokémon with this attack: Hitmontop L31
detect: To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account
detect: {f} discern, discover
detect: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
detect: If you detect something, you notice it or sense it, even though it is not very obvious. Arnold could detect a certain sadness in the old man's face. = sense. to notice or discover something, especially something that is not easy to see, hear etc (detectus, past participle of detegere )
detect: detect
detect: Detected
detect: To discover something which is hidden or unknown E ELLIPTICAL Shaped like an egg that has ends which are equal
detect: To inform against; to accuse
detectives: plural of detective
hotel detective: a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store
house detective: A detective employed by a retail store, hotel, or other establishment to prevent theft or misconduct by patrons
police detective: investigator on the police force, detective who pursues additional evidence in criminal cases
private detective: A private detective is someone who you can pay to find missing people or do other kinds of investigation for you. = private investigator. someone who can be employed to look for information or missing people, or to follow people and report on what they do
private detective: detective who works for and is paid by a private client
private detective: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
store detective: A store detective is someone who is employed by a shop to walk around the shop looking for people who are secretly stealing goods. someone who is employed in a large shop to watch the customers and to stop them stealing
store detective: a private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage
undercover detective: detective that conceals his activity in order to perform his investigation

detective

Hyphenation

de·tec·tive

Turkish pronunciation

dîtektîv

Synonyms

dt, consulting detective, private detective, private investigator, dick, private dick, agent, analyst, bird dog, bloodhound, bull, constable, cop, eavesdropper, eye

Pronunciation

/dəˈtektəv/ /dɪˈtɛktɪv/

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detective story

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