discover

(dĭ-skŭv'ər)
tr.v., -ered, -er·ing, -ers.

1. To notice or learn, especially by making an effort: got home and discovered that the furnace wasn't working.
2. 1. To be the first, or the first of one's group or kind, to find, learn of, or observe.
   2. To learn about for the first time in one's experience: discovered a new restaurant on the west side.
3. To learn something about: discovered him to be an impostor; discovered the brake to be defective.
4. To identify (a person) as a potentially prominent performer: a movie star who was discovered in a drugstore by a producer.
5. 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.

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verb

1. To obtain knowledge or awareness of something not known before, as through observation or study: ascertain, determine, find (out), hear, learn. See teach/learn.
2. 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.
3. 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.

v

Definition: find, uncover
Antonyms: lose, miss, pass by

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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• Learning and Memory - discover: gain knowledge of for the first time; realize

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Common misspelling(s) of discover

• dicover

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

Italiano (Italian)
scoprire

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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