discover
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dis·cov·er
(dĭ-skŭv'ər) 
tr.v., -ered, -er·ing, -ers.
discoverer dis·cov'er·er n.
tr.v., -ered, -er·ing, -ers.
- To notice or learn, especially by making an effort: got home and discovered that the furnace wasn't working.
- To be the first, or the first of one's group or kind, to find, learn of, or observe.
- To learn about for the first time in one's experience: discovered a new restaurant on the west side.
- To learn something about: discovered him to be an impostor; discovered the brake to be defective.
- To identify (a person) as a potentially prominent performer: a movie star who was discovered in a drugstore by a producer.
- Archaic. To reveal or expose.
[Middle English discoveren, to reveal, from Old French descovrir, from Late Latin discooperīre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin cooperīre, to cover; see cover.]
discoverable dis·cov'er·a·ble adj.discoverer dis·cov'er·er n.
SYNONYMS discover, ascertain, determine, learn. These verbs mean to gain knowledge or awareness of something not known before: discovered a star in a distant galaxy; ascertaining the facts; tried to determine the origins of the problem; learned the sad news from the radio.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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- To obtain knowledge or awareness of something not known before, as through observation or study: ascertain, determine, find (out), hear, learn. See teach/learn.
- To make visible; bring to view: bare, disclose, display, expose, reveal, show, unclothe, uncover, unmask, unveil. Idioms: bring to light, lay open, make plain. See show/hide.
- To disclose in a breach of confidence: betray, blab, divulge, expose, give away, let out, reveal, tell, uncover, unveil. Informal spill. Idioms: let slip, let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans, tell all. See show/hide.
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IN BRIEF: To find out for the first time.
Sometimes one must travel far to discover what is near.
— U. Shulevitz.
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categories related to 'discover'
- Learning and Memory - discover: gain knowledge of for the first time; realize
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Discover may refer to:
- Discover Card, a credit card brand
- Discover Financial, the parent company of the credit card brand
- Discover (magazine), an American science magazine
- Discover (album), a Cactus Jack album
- Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) NASA space probe to study the climate
- Corona (satellite) - Discoverer series of satellites
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Discover
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - opdage, finde, gøre bekendt, fremvise, afdække, røbe
Nederlands (Dutch)
ontdekken, onthullen, aantreffen, aftrekschaak geven (schaakspel)
Français (French)
v. tr. - découvrir, comprendre, se rendre compte de, s'apercevoir de, dénicher, trouver, surprendre (qn, un secret)
Deutsch (German)
v. - entdecken, herausfinden
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ανακαλύπτω
Português (Portuguese)
v. - descobrir
Русский (Russian)
открывать, обнаруживать
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - descubrir, darse cuenta de
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - upptäcka
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发现, 找到, 发觉
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 發現, 找到, 發覺
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 발견하다, (기밀 등을) 발설하다, 알다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 発見する, わかる, 気づく
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يكتشف, يكشف عن شئ, يجد
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - מצא, גילה
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