discover

1 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" [syn: detect, observe, find, notice]

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

3 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" [syn: learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, see]

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

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

6 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" [syn: disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out]

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

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

see Discover

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) /dɪsˈkʌvə/, /dIs"kVv@/
• (US) /dɪsˈkʌvɚ/, /dIs"kVv@`/
• Rhymes: -ʌvə(r)

Verb

1. (somewhat dated) To expose something previously covered.

   The gust of wind discovered a bone in the sand.

2. To find something for the first time.

   Turning the corner, I discovered a lovely little shop.

3. To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.

   This move discovers an attack on a vital pawn.

Related terms

• discovery
• discovered attack
• discovered check

Synonyms

• invent

Translations

• Arabic: إكْتَشف
• Catalan: descobrir
• Czech: objevit
• Danish: opdage
• Dutch: ontdekken
• Finnish: löytää (2)
• French: découvrir
• German: entdecken
• Hebrew: לחשוף (lakhsof) (1); לגלות (legalot) (2)
• Ido: des-kovrar
• Italian: scoprire
• Modern Greek: ανακαλύπτω
• Malayalam: കണ്ടുപിടിയ്ക്കുക (kantupitiykkuka)
• Norwegian: oppdage
• Romanian: descoperi
• Sardinian: scoberri
• Scots: diskiver
• Sicilian: scopriri (1), addunarisi (2)
• Slovene: odkriti
• Spanish: descubrir
• Swedish: upptäcka (2)
• Portuguese: descobrir

Discover may refer to:

• Discover Card and Discover Network one of the four major credit card brands in the United States
• Discover (magazine), an American science magazine
• DisCover (album), Cactus Jack album

See also

• Discovery

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