 discover |
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| 1. | [ verb ] get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | |
| Synonyms: | hear learn see find_out pick_up get_word get_a_line get_wind | |
| Examples: | "I learned that she has two grown-up children" "I see that you have been promoted" |
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| Related terms: | trip_up wise_up ascertain get_the_goods witness discovery discovery | |
| 2. | [ verb ] discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of | |
| Synonyms: | find observe notice detect | |
| Examples: | "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water" "We found traces of lead in the paint" |
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| Related terms: | sight develop sense instantiate find_out trace see observation determination discovery perceiver detector discovery discovery notice detection finding detecting observation observation discoverer detector | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make a discovery, make a new finding | |
| Synonyms: | find | |
| Examples: | "Roentgen discovered X-rays" "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle" |
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| Related terms: | conceive detect determine discovery discovery finding inventor | |
| 4. | [ verb ] make a discovery | |
| Synonyms: | find | |
| Examples: | "She found that he had lied to her" "The story is false, so far as I can discover" |
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| Related terms: | learn rake_up ferret_out ferret learn discovery discovery | |
| 5. | [ verb ] find unexpectedly | |
| Synonyms: | come_upon come_across strike happen_upon attain chance_upon chance_on fall_upon light_upon | |
| Examples: | "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb" "she struck a goldmine" "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake" |
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| Related terms: | find discovery | |
| 6. | [ verb ] find unexpectedly | |
| Synonyms: | come_upon come_across strike happen_upon light_upon chance_on fall_upon chance_upon attain | |
| Examples: | : "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb" "she struck a goldmine" "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake" |
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| Related terms: | find | |
| 7. | [ verb ] make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | |
| Synonyms: | disclose reveal expose declare give_away break let_out divulge let_on impart bring_out | |
| Examples: | "The auction house would not disclose the price" "She won't reveal her age" "bring out the truth" "he broke the news to her" |
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| Related terms: | tell betray confide tattle leak spring blow come_out_of_the_closet spring out blackwash muckrake reveal break discovery disclosure revelation exposure conveyance divulgence expose break | |
| 8. | [ verb ] see for the first time; make a discovery | |
| Examples: | "Who discovered the North Pole?" |
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| Related terms: | rediscover discovery perceive | |
| 9. | [ verb ] as in botany or biology, for example | |
| Synonyms: | identify name key describe distinguish key_out | |
| Related terms: | name identity classify | |
| Similar spelling: |
discovery discoverer discovered dissever disprover Diaspora disprove |
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