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dis·cov·er

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–verb (used with object)

1.	to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity.

2.	to notice or realize: I discovered I didn't have my credit card with me when I went to pay my bill.

3.	Archaic. to make known; reveal; disclose.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < AF discoverir, descovrir, OF descovrir < LL discooperīre. See dis-¹, cover

]

—Related forms

dis·cov·er·a·ble, adjective

dis·cov·er·a·bly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice. Discover, invent, originate suggest bringing to light something previously unknown. To discover may be to find something that had previously existed but had hitherto been unknown: to discover a new electricity; it may also refer to devising a new use for something already known: to discover how to make synthetic rubber. To invent is to make or create something new, esp. something ingeniously devised to perform mechanical operations: to invent a device for detecting radioactivity. To originate is to begin something new, esp. new ideas, methods, etc.: to originate a political movement, the use of assembly-line techniques. See also learn.

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dis·cov·er Audio Help (dĭ-skŭv'ər) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. dis·cov·ered, dis·cov·er·ing, dis·cov·ers

To notice or learn, especially by making an effort: got home and discovered that the furnace wasn't working.
1. To be the first, or the first of one's group or kind, to find, learn of, or observe.
2. To learn about for the first time in one's experience: discovered a new restaurant on the west side.
To learn something about: discovered him to be an impostor; discovered the brake to be defective.
To identify (a person) as a potentially prominent performer: a movie star who was discovered in a drugstore by a producer.
Archaic To reveal or expose.

[Middle English discoveren, to reveal, from Old French descovrir, from Late Latin discooperīre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin cooperīre, to cover; see cover.]

dis·cov'er·a·ble adj., dis·cov'er·er n.

Synonyms: These verbs mean to gain knowledge or awareness of something not known before: discovered a star in a distant galaxy; ascertaining the facts; tried to determine the origins of the problem; learned the sad news from the radio.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
discover

c.1300, from O.Fr. descovrir, from L.L. discooperire, from L. dis- "opposite of" + cooperire "to cover up." Originally with a sense of betrayal or malicious exposure (discoverer originally meant "informant"), the modern meaning "to obtain knowledge or sight of what was not known" is from 1555.

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discover
verb
1.	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" [syn: detect]
2.	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" [syn: learn]
3.	make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
4.	make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
5.	find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
6.	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"
7.	see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered the North Pole?"
8.	identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn: identify]

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discover1 [disˈkavə] verb

to find by chance, especially for the first time
Example: Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium.

Arabic:	يَكْتَشِف
Chinese (Simplified):	发现
Chinese (Traditional):	發現
Czech:	objevit
Danish:	opdage
Dutch:	ontdekken
Estonian:	avastama
Finnish:	löytää, keksiä
French:	découvrir
German:	entdecken
Greek:	ανακαλύπτω κατά τύχη
Hungarian:	felfedez
Icelandic:	uppgötva
Indonesian:	menemukan
Italian:	scoprire

Japanese:	発見する
Korean:	발견하다
Latvian:	atklāt
Lithuanian:	atrasti
Norwegian:	oppdage
Polish:	odkrywać
Portuguese (Brazil):	descobrir
Portuguese (Portugal):	descobrir
Romanian:	a descoperi
Russian:	открывать
Slovak:	objaviť
Slovenian:	odkriti
Spanish:	descubrir
Swedish:	upptäcka
Turkish:	keşfetmek, bulmak

discover2 [disˈkavə] verb

to find out
Example: Try to discover what's going on!

Arabic:	يَجِد
Chinese (Simplified):	发现
Chinese (Traditional):	發現
Czech:	zjistit
Danish:	finde ud af
Dutch:	te weten komen
Estonian:	teada saama
Finnish:	saada selville
French:	découvrir
German:	ausfindig machen, herausfinden
Greek:	ανακαλύπτω
Hungarian:	kitalál
Icelandic:	komast að e-u
Indonesian:	menyelidiki
Italian:	scoprire

Japanese:	見つける
Korean:	알아내다
Latvian:	atrast
Lithuanian:	sužinoti
Norwegian:	finne ut (av)
Polish:	dowiedzieć się
Portuguese (Brazil):	descobrir
Portuguese (Portugal):	descobrir
Romanian:	a descoperi
Russian:	выяснять
Slovak:	zistiť
Slovenian:	odkriti
Spanish:	descubrir
Swedish:	komma underfund med, finna ut
Turkish:	anlamak, öğrenmek

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Discover

Dis*cov"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discovered; p. pr. & vb. n. Discovering.] [OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren, OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. d['e]couvrir; des- (L. dis-) + couvrir to cover. See Cover.]

1. To uncover. [Obs.]

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. [Obs.]

Syn: 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.