Definition of discover - Rhyme Finder

Definitions

Verb

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"

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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"

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make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"

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make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"

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find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

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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"

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see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered the North Pole?"

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identify as in botany or biology, for example

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Synonyms

attain break bring out chance on chance upon come across come upon describe detect disclose distinguish divulge expose fall upon find find out get a line get wind get word give away happen upon hear identify key key out learn let on let out light upon name notice observe pick up reveal see strike unwrap

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More General Terms

conceive conceptualise conceptualize discover find find out gestate get a line get wind get word hear learn pick up regain see sight spy tell

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More Specific Terms

ascertain babble babble out betray bewray blab blab out blackwash blow catch catch out come out come out of the closet confide discover ferret ferret out find find out get the goods instantiate leak let the cat out of the bag muckrake out peach rake up rediscover reveal see sense sing spill the beans spring talk tattle trace trip up wise up

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