to discover

Examples

• All

• Binoculars and telescopes will also enable you to discover many other binary stars.

  Academic text (1999)

• They've discovered a cure for that.

  The Boost (1988)

• And doing so, we discovered yet another problem.

• Your father had discovered the truth behind the man he was working for.

  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

• I discovered some information about the mayor a while back.

  Broken City (2013)

• So how did you discover Pepper was the author of the secret letter?

  Jack Ensch: Hanoi Hilton POW (2016)

• We must discover how widespread this infection is.

  Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012)

• During a spring 2009 visit to Shahdad, he discovered a small stone container lying on the ground.

  Academic text (2011)

• And you'll discover that flattery goes a long way.

• And I feel like I've discovered actually what my burnout is.

Synonyms

R

to reveal

vsto discover

∞ 2.3

Show something that was hidden or secret

is more about sharing information than focusing on physical visibility

B

to break

vsto discover

• Literature

709 3.6

To make news known quickly

does not require suddenness or that events begin at the same time

E

to expose

vsto discover

413 4.1

Reveal hidden facts or bad actions to people

does not always imply making hidden matters fully obvious to everyone

L

to leak

vsto discover

293 4.1

To tell secret information to the public without permission

may apply to telling only a few people rather than public disclosure

D

to disclose

vsto discover

245 4.1

To tell people information that was secret

aims to make that information known more widely or generally

U

to uncover

vsto discover

234 3.5

Reveal secret facts to the public

can apply to making information known to anyone, not only public disclosure

G

to give away

vsto discover

130 3.4

Tell a secret on purpose or by accident

is neutral about intent and does not stress accidental or deliberate disclosure

U

to unveil

vsto discover

120 4.1

To make something known for the first time

can be used for later revelations, not only first disclosures

D

to divulge

vsto discover

52 6.2

To tell secret or private information to people

is broader covering any hidden information not limited to private matters

B

to bring out

vsto discover

51 3.7

Make secret information known to the public

is broader covering making information known to any audience not only public

L

to let out

vsto discover

27 3.7

Tell secret or private information to other people

is the same meaning but presented in a different expression

U

to unearth

vsto discover

24 4.4

To find hidden facts or things by careful searching

focuses on making information known publicly rather than the act of finding it

B

to bring to light

vsto discover

24 3.7

To show facts that were hidden before

is similar but applies to new information more generally not only facts

S

to spill the beans

vsto discover

• Informal

18 6.0

Tell a secret by accident before others know

is neutral about timing and intent, not necessarily accidental or premature

L

to lay bare

vsto discover

13 5.5

To show something hidden so people can see it

may reveal things without doing so openly or in full

L

to lift the veil

vsto discover

2 7.1

To reveal information that was previously hidden

is the straightforward act of making things known without that imagery

U

to uncloak

vsto discover

1 7.7

To make something hidden become visible by removing a cover or showing the truth

is more general about making information known, not about physical removal

U

to unbury

vsto discover

1 6.5

To reveal something hidden or forgotten

is used mainly for sharing hidden information rather than uncovering forgotten things

Antonyms

C

to conceal

179 3.7

To hide something so others cannot see or find it

How Public

to publicize

46 4.0

to announce

∞ 1.5

to discover

2 1.0

to reveal

∞ 2.3

to disclose

245 4.1

leak

194 4.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology