DISCOVER





Definition:

  1. [verb] 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"
    Synonyms: detect, observe, find, notice

  2. [verb] make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
    Synonyms: find

  3. [verb] get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
    Synonyms: learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, see

  4. [verb] make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
    Synonyms: find

  5. [verb] find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
    Synonyms: fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain

  6. [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; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"
    Synonyms: disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out

  7. [verb] see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered the North Pole?"

  8. [verb] identify as in botany or biology, for example
    Synonyms: identify, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name

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