to discover
∞
1.0
- verb
- /dɪsˈkʌvər/
:
descubrir
- When excavation for borings was done, we discovered absolutely no soil available for plant growth.
- discover the truth
- discover something new
- recently discovered
That will guide you as you discover who you must be.
- That will guide you as you discover who you must be.
- So I just keep discovering new music from that.
- You know, look at what you discover in that process.
- And that's where you discover the TRD trunk mat.
- That's just so much to discover and even in our own backyard.
- She kind of discovers why her mother left.
- And it turns out the Marine Corps discovers that those laptops are bugged.
- Do you remember how Dave first discovered comedy? Yes, I do.
- And so Hegel talks here about the slave discovering the truth of themselves.
- Then once they discover time travel, what happens?
- What happens then when they discover the imperfections?
Examples
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Around that time, gold was discovered and fortune-seekers came to work in the mines.
Academic text (2011) -
Many students remarked on the final survey that they discovered science could be interesting and creative.
Academic text (1999) -
That will guide you as you discover who you must be.
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This is everything I wanted to discover right here.
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Mr. William Hammer here has discovered a gold mine.
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Sure enough, on arriving there I discovered the bird was gone.
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The student, who worked at a nursing home, discovered that the home's future was in jeopardy.
Academic text (2011) -
The teacher must help students discover and value the intrinsic rewards of musical excellence.
Academic text (2011) -
Each year, Dubrow and her colleagues discover ways to make Passports with Purpose bigger and better.
Academic text (2011) -
Many people are excited to discover new places while traveling abroad.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To discover something while looking or by accident
∞
1.0
To understand what something means
∞
1.0
Find out about something often by chance
∞
1.1
To suddenly understand something you did not know before
∞
2.1
To learn something you did not know, often by searching or asking
∞
1.0
To see or become aware of something
∞
1.0
Find out about something often by chance
∞
1.8
Say who someone is or what something is
∞
2.6
To learn or notice something often by chance
781
2.3
To find out a fact by checking or measuring
763
3.2
Find something that is hard to notice
705
1.4
To be fully aware that something is true or happening
619
2.4
To watch something carefully to learn about it
244
2.6
To find something or someone by chance
155
3.0
To find something while searching or by chance
83
3.7
To notice something with your senses, especially sight or hearing
50
2.2
To find something or someone by chance
43
2.7
Find something by chance while doing something else
37
2.8
To find something by chance
31
5.8
Hear about something by chance, not from official sources
31
3.0
To find out what really happened
25
7.8
Start to understand what is happening or what to do
23
4.4
To find hidden facts or things by careful searching
18
6.1
To find something or someone by accident while doing something else
15
4.9
Find a person or thing by chance
13
6.7
To search carefully to find hidden facts or documents
7
4.9
To find or think of something by chance
5
3.6
To find something by chance
3
5.1
Find someone or something by accident
2
5.6
To find something by chance
1
8.9
To suddenly understand something you did not notice before
Begin to understand something you missed before
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Discover comes from the parts dis- and cover, where dis- means 'not' and cover means 'to hide'. So, to discover something for the first time is like 'taking the cover off' and finding it.