dis·cov·er (d -sk v  r)tr.v. dis·cov·ered, dis·cov·er·ing, dis·cov·ers 1. To notice or learn, especially by making an effort: got home and discovered that the furnace wasn't working. 2. a. To be the first, or the first of one's group or kind, to find, learn of, or observe. b. 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 discooper  re : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin cooperre, to cover; see cover.]dis·cov er·a·ble adj.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. |
discover
Verb
1. to be the first to find or find out about
2. to learn about for the first time
3. to find after study or search
discoverer n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Verb | 1. | discover - 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" catch out, find out - trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act; "He was caught out"; "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks" discover, find - make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle" sense - detect some circumstance or entity automatically; "This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"; "particle detectors sense ionization" instantiate - find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word); "The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect" trace - discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth" see - observe as if with an eye; "The camera saw the burglary and recorded it" |
| 2. | discover - 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" get the goods - discover some bad or hidden information about; "She got the goods on her co-worker after reading his e-mail" wise up - get wise to; "They wised up to it" ascertain - learn or discover with certainty | |
| 3. | discover - make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle" discover, find - make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover" ascertain, determine, find out, find - establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize, gestate - have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived" | |
| 4. | discover - make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover" get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, discover, find out, pick up, see - 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" rake up - bring to light; "He raked up the misdeeds of his predecessor" ferret out, ferret - search and discover through persistent investigation; "She ferreted out the truth" | |
| 5. |  discover - find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake" | |
| 6. |  discover - 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"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"blackwash - bring (information) out of concealment muckrake - explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking" blow - cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side" out - reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent" come out of the closet, out, come out - to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year" spring - produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving" get around, get out, break - be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning" confide - reveal in private; tell confidentially leak - tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper" babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, tattle, babble, talk, sing - divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late" reveal - disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind" | |
| 7. | discover - see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered the North Pole?" rediscover - discover again; "I rediscovered the books that I enjoyed as a child" | |
| 8. | discover - identify as in botany or biology, for example |
discover
Translations
discover [dɪsˈkʌvəʳ] vt → entdecken;
(missing person) → finden;
to discover that ... → herausfinden, dass ...
v discover [disˈkavə]
1 to find by chance, especially for the first time Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium. ontdek, uitvind يَكْتَشِف откривам objevit opdage entdecken ανακαλύπτω κατά τύχη descubrir avastama کشف کردن löytää, keksiä découvrir לְגָלוֹת खोजना करना otkriti felfedez menemukan uppgötva scoprire 発見する 발견하다 atrasti atklāt menemui ontdekken oppdage odkrywać descobrir a descoperi открывать objaviť odkriti otkriti upptäcka ค้นพบ keşfetmek, bulmak 發現 відкривати; довідуватися اتفاقا کوئی نئی چیز ڈھونڈ نکالنا khám phá 发现
2 to find out Try to discover what's going on! agterkom, vasstel يَجِد разбирам zjistit finde ud af ausfindig machen, herausfinden ανακαλύπτω descubrir teada saama دریافتن؛ فهمیدن saada selville découvrir לְגָלוֹת पता लगाना, खोजना saznati kitalál menyelidiki komast að e-u scoprire 見つける 알아내다 sužinoti atrast mengetahui te weten komen finne ut (av) dowiedzieć się descobrir a descoperi выяснять zistiť odkriti otkriti komma underfund med, finna ut ค้นหา anlamak, öğrenmek 發現 виявляти پتا لگانا tìm ra 发现
n disˈcovery
a voyage of discovery; She made several startling discoveries. uitvind إكْتِشاف откривам objev(ení); zjištění opdagelse die Entdeckung ανακάλυψη descubrimiento, hallazgo avastus اکتشاف؛ کشف löytäminen, löytö découverte גִילוּי खोज, शोध, अन्वेषण pronaći felfedezés penemuan uppgötvun scoperta 発見 발견 atradimas atklājums; atklāšana menerokai ontdekking oppdagelse odkrycie descoberta decoperire открытие objav odkritje otkriti upptäckt ค้นพบ keşif, buluş 發現 виявляти دریافت کرنا khám phá 发现
We discover something that existed but was not yet known: He discovered a cave .
We invent something that was not in existence: They invented a new machine .
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