DISCOVER as VERB

1. Meaning
   • get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
   Synonym(s)
   • find out (what does find out mean?)
   • get a line (what does get a line mean?)
   • get wind (what does get wind mean?)
   • get word (what does get word mean?)
   • hear (what does hear mean?)
   • learn (what does learn mean?)
   • pick up (what does pick up mean?)
   • see (what does see mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • I learned that she has two grown-up children
   • I see that you have been promoted
   Hyponym(s)
   • get the goods (what does get the goods mean?)
   • wise up (what does wise up mean?)
   • trip up (what does trip up mean?)
   • catch (what does catch mean?)
   • ascertain (what does ascertain mean?)
   • discover (what does discover mean?)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • breakthrough (what does breakthrough mean?)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • uncovering (what does uncovering mean?)
2. Meaning
   • identify as in botany or biology, for example
   Synonym(s)
   • describe (what does describe mean?)
   • distinguish (what does distinguish mean?)
   • identify (what does identify mean?)
   • key (what does key mean?)
   • key out (what does key out mean?)
   • name (what does name mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • name (what does name mean?)
   • naming (what does naming mean?)
   • designation (what does designation mean?)
   • identification (what does identification mean?)
   • identity (what does identity mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • classify (what does classify mean?)
   • class (what does class mean?)
   • sort (what does sort mean?)
   • assort (what does assort mean?)
   • sort out (what does sort out mean?)
   • separate (what does separate mean?)
3. Meaning
   • make a discovery
   Synonym(s)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She found that he had lied to her
   • The story is false, so far as I can discover
   Hypernyms(s) discover is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • learn (what does learn mean?)
   • hear (what does hear mean?)
   • get word (what does get word mean?)
   • get wind (what does get wind mean?)
   • pick up (what does pick up mean?)
   • find out (what does find out mean?)
   • get a line (what does get a line mean?)
   • discover (what does discover mean?)
   • see (what does see mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • rake up (what does rake up mean?)
   • ferret out (what does ferret out mean?)
   • ferret (what does ferret mean?)
   See Also
   • learn (what does learn mean?)
   • hear (what does hear mean?)
   • get word (what does get word mean?)
   • get wind (what does get wind mean?)
   • pick up (what does pick up mean?)
   • find out (what does find out mean?)
   • get a line (what does get a line mean?)
   • discover (what does discover mean?)
   • see (what does see mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • uncovering (what does uncovering mean?)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • breakthrough (what does breakthrough mean?)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • uncovering (what does uncovering mean?)
4. Meaning
   • make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
   Synonym(s)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • bring out (what does bring out mean?)
   • disclose (what does disclose mean?)
   • divulge (what does divulge mean?)
   • expose (what does expose mean?)
   • give away (what does give away mean?)
   • impart (what does impart mean?)
   • let on (what does let on mean?)
   • let out (what does let out mean?)
   • reveal (what does reveal mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) discover is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • tell (what does tell mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • blackwash (what does blackwash mean?)
   • muckrake (what does muckrake mean?)
   • blow (what does blow mean?)
   • out (what does out mean?)
   • come out of the closet (what does come out of the closet mean?)
   • out (what does out mean?)
   • come out (what does come out mean?)
   • spring (what does spring mean?)
   • betray (what does betray mean?)
   • bewray (what does bewray mean?)
   • confide (what does confide mean?)
   • leak (what does leak mean?)
   • spill the beans (what does spill the beans mean?)
   • let the cat out of the bag (what does let the cat out of the bag mean?)
   • talk (what does talk mean?)
   • tattle (what does tattle mean?)
   • blab (what does blab mean?)
   • peach (what does peach mean?)
   • babble (what does babble mean?)
   • sing (what does sing mean?)
   • babble out (what does babble out mean?)
   • blab out (what does blab out mean?)
   • reveal (what does reveal mean?)
   Cause(s)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • get out (what does get out mean?)
   • get around (what does get around mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • giveaway (what does giveaway mean?)
   • conveyance (what does conveyance mean?)
   • imparting (what does imparting mean?)
   • impartation (what does impartation mean?)
   • conveyance (what does conveyance mean?)
   • imparting (what does imparting mean?)
   • impartation (what does impartation mean?)
   • divulgence (what does divulgence mean?)
   • divulgement (what does divulgement mean?)
   • divulgence (what does divulgence mean?)
   • divulgement (what does divulgement mean?)
   • exposure (what does exposure mean?)
   • expose (what does expose mean?)
   • unmasking (what does unmasking mean?)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • revelation (what does revelation mean?)
   • disclosure (what does disclosure mean?)
   • revelation (what does revelation mean?)
   • revealing (what does revealing mean?)
   • disclosure (what does disclosure mean?)
   • revelation (what does revelation mean?)
   • revealing (what does revealing mean?)
5. Meaning
   • make a discovery, make a new finding
   Synonym(s)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Roentgen discovered X-rays
   • Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle
   Hypernyms(s) discover is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • gestate (what does gestate mean?)
   • conceive (what does conceive mean?)
   • conceptualize (what does conceptualize mean?)
   • conceptualise (what does conceptualise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • breakthrough (what does breakthrough mean?)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • uncovering (what does uncovering mean?)
   • finding (what does finding mean?)
   • inventor (what does inventor mean?)
   • discoverer (what does discoverer mean?)
   • artificer (what does artificer mean?)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • breakthrough (what does breakthrough mean?)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • uncovering (what does uncovering mean?)
6. Meaning
   • see for the first time
   • make a discovery
   Usage Example(s)
   • Who discovered the North Pole?
   Hyponym(s)
   • rediscover (what does rediscover mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • breakthrough (what does breakthrough mean?)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • uncovering (what does uncovering mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • perceive (what does perceive mean?)
   • comprehend (what does comprehend mean?)
7. Meaning
   • discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
   Synonym(s)
   • detect (what does detect mean?)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • notice (what does notice mean?)
   • observe (what does observe mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water
   • We found traces of lead in the paint
   Hypernyms(s) discover is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sight (what does sight mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • find out (what does find out mean?)
   • catch out (what does catch out mean?)
   • sense (what does sense mean?)
   • instantiate (what does instantiate mean?)
   • trace (what does trace mean?)
   • see (what does see mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • notice (what does notice mean?)
   • observation (what does observation mean?)
   • observance (what does observance mean?)
   • finder (what does finder mean?)
   • discoverer (what does discoverer mean?)
   • spotter (what does spotter mean?)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • breakthrough (what does breakthrough mean?)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • uncovering (what does uncovering mean?)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • uncovering (what does uncovering mean?)
   • finder (what does finder mean?)
   • discoverer (what does discoverer mean?)
   • spotter (what does spotter mean?)
   • finding (what does finding mean?)
   • determination (what does determination mean?)
   • finding (what does finding mean?)
   • perceiver (what does perceiver mean?)
   • observer (what does observer mean?)
   • beholder (what does beholder mean?)
   • observation (what does observation mean?)
   • reflection (what does reflection mean?)
   • reflexion (what does reflexion mean?)
   • observation (what does observation mean?)
   • observation (what does observation mean?)
   • notice (what does notice mean?)
   • observation (what does observation mean?)
   • observance (what does observance mean?)
   • detection (what does detection mean?)
   • catching (what does catching mean?)
   • espial (what does espial mean?)
   • spying (what does spying mean?)
   • spotting (what does spotting mean?)
   • detector (what does detector mean?)
   • detector (what does detector mean?)
   • sensor (what does sensor mean?)
   • sensing element (what does sensing element mean?)
   • detection (what does detection mean?)
   • detecting (what does detecting mean?)
   • detective work (what does detective work mean?)
   • sleuthing (what does sleuthing mean?)
8. Meaning
   • find unexpectedly
   Synonym(s)
   • attain (what does attain mean?)
   • chance on (what does chance on mean?)
   • chance upon (what does chance upon mean?)
   • come across (what does come across mean?)
   • come upon (what does come upon mean?)
   • fall upon (what does fall upon mean?)
   • happen upon (what does happen upon mean?)
   • light upon (what does light upon mean?)
   • strike (what does strike mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb
   • she struck a goldmine
   • The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
   Hypernyms(s) discover is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • regain (what does regain mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • uncovering (what does uncovering mean?)