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Definition of Discover
1. Verb. Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of. "We found traces of lead in the paint"
Specialized synonyms: Catch Out, Find Out, Sense, Instantiate, Trace, See
Related verbs: Find
Generic synonyms: Sight, Spy
Derivative terms: Detecting, Detection, Detector, Detector, Discoverer, Discovery, Discovery, Discovery, Find, Finder, Finding, Finding, Notice, Observable, Observance, Observant, Observation, Observation, Observation, Observer
2. Verb. Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally. "They discover that there was a traffic accident "; "I see that you have been promoted"
Specialized synonyms: Get The Goods, Wise Up, Catch, Trip Up, Ascertain, Find
Related verbs: Find, See, Witness
Derivative terms: Discovery, Discovery, Discovery
3. Verb. Make a discovery, make a new finding. "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
Related verbs: Find, Ascertain, Determine, Find, Find Out, Detect, Find, Notice, Observe
Generic synonyms: Conceive, Conceptualise, Conceptualize, Gestate
Derivative terms: Discoverer, Discovery, Discovery, Discovery, Find, Find, Finding
4. Verb. Make a discovery. "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
Generic synonyms: Find Out, Get A Line, Get Wind, Get Word, Hear, Learn, Pick Up, See
Specialized synonyms: Rake Up, Ferret, Ferret Out
Related verbs: Find
Derivative terms: Discovery, Discovery, Discovery, Find
Also: Find Out
5. Verb. Find unexpectedly. "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
Generic synonyms: Find, Regain
Derivative terms: Discovery, Discovery
6. Verb. Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret. "They discover that there was a traffic accident "; "Unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
Specialized synonyms: Blackwash, Muckrake, Blow, Out, Come Out, Come Out Of The Closet, Out, Spring, Betray, Bewray, Confide, Leak, Babble, Babble Out, Blab, Blab Out, Let The Cat Out Of The Bag, Peach, Sing, Spill The Beans, Talk, Tattle, Reveal
Causes: Break, Get Around, Get Out
Related verbs: Break, Get Around, Get Out
Generic synonyms: Tell
Derivative terms: Disclosure, Discovery, Divulgement, Divulgence, Expose, Exposure, Giveaway, Revealing, Revelation
7. Verb. See for the first time; make a discovery. "Who discovered the North Pole?"
Specialized synonyms: Rediscover
Derivative terms: Discovery, Discovery, Discovery
8. Verb. Identify as in botany or biology, for example.
Entails: Assort, Class, Classify, Separate, Sort, Sort Out
Derivative terms: Identifiable, Identification, Identity, Name, Naming
Definition of Discover
1. v. t. To uncover.
2. v. i. To discover or show one's self.
Definition of Discover
1. Proper noun. (US) w:Discover Card Discover Card, a brand of credit card. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.). ¹
3. Verb. (transitive now rare) To expose, uncover. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive archaic) To reveal (information); to divulge, make known. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To reconnoitre, explore (an area). ¹
7. Verb. To find something for the first time. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Discover
1. to gain sight or knowledge of [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Discover
1. 1. To uncover. "Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church." (Abp. Grindal) 2. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown). "Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover The several caskets to this noble prince." (Shak) "Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue." (Bacon) "We will discover ourselves unto them." (1 Sam. Xiv. 8) "Discover not a secret to another." (Prov. Xxv. 9) 3. To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect. "Some to discover islands far away." (Shak) 4. To manifest without design; to show. "The youth discovered a taste for sculpture." (C. J. Smith) 5. To explore; to examine. Synonym: To disclose, bring out, exhibit, show, manifest, reveal, communicate, impart, tell, espy, find, out, detect. To Discover, Invent. We discover what existed before, but remained unknown, we invent by forming combinations which are either entirely new, or which attain their end by means unknown before. Columbus discovered America, Newton discovered the law of gravitation, Whitney invented the cotton gin, Galileo invented the telescope. Origin: OE. Discoveren, discuren, descuren, OF. Descovrir, descouvrir, F. Decouvrir; des- (L. Dis-) + couvrir to cover. See Cover. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Discover
Literary usage of Discover
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... unless these disguises are complete, the scene loses its power. Neither of
them wish the husband to discover the stratagem. ..."
2. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... unless these disguises are complete, the scene loses its power. Neither of
them wish the husband to discover the stratagem. ..."
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