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discovered

discovered

2.6
Found by study or careful observation
  • adjective
  • /dɪsˈkʌvərd/
translation icon : descubierto
  • The team presented their findings on the newly discovered comets in the outer solar system.

And new directions is when your discovered goal happens in.

Examples

  • I want to start with this recently discovered celebrity portrait.

  • And this is newly discovered carving from Xi'an.

  • And new directions is when your discovered goal happens in.

  • The scientist announced the discovery of a previously discovered species in the Amazon rainforest.

  • After months of searching, they finally found the discovered ruins of an ancient civilization.

Synonyms

newfound
vsdiscovered
80 3.9

Recently found or felt for the first time

does not focus on time and applies regardless of when something became known
determined
vsdiscovered
16 2.4

Found after careful study or testing

focuses on establishing results through investigation rather than official decision
ascertained
vsdiscovered
  • Formal
6.2

Known to be true after careful checking

is used more broadly beyond formal scientific situations
observed
vsdiscovered
  • Specialized
3.9

Seen or measured directly, not just guessed

also includes results learned from other research methods, not only direct seeing
detected
vsdiscovered
3.0

Found by tests or by tools that measure things

implies a firmer finding established through research rather than mere noticing

Antonyms

18 1.0

Not in a person's possession and cannot be found

Compounds

8.8

A check on the opponent's king that happens when one piece moves and opens an attack by another piece

How Aware

discovered
2.6
on to something
  • Informal
9 4.8
suspicious
300 2.7
unaware
175 2.9

Surface Forms

discovered positive

Morphology

discovered = discover (semi-transparent) = dis + cover + ed

Forming the past participle from 'discover' with '-ed' is regular and transparent, but 'discover' itself is only partially transparent from 'dis-' + 'cover' because the meaning shifted from literal 'remove a cover' to 'find out'.

Etymology

The word discovered comes from the parts dis- meaning 'undo' and cover meaning 'to hide', so it originally meant 'to uncover' something hidden. That's why discovered now means 'found', usually after careful search or study.