discover

[dis·cov·er]

If you discover something, you find it unexpectedly, like when you discover your favorite childhood stuffed animal in a box of old junk.

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To uncover.

Verb
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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identify as in botany or biology, for example

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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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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

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

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

v. t.
To uncover.

v. t.
To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown).

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To manifest without design; to show.

v. t.
To explore; to examine.

v. i.
To discover or show one's self.

Discover

Dis*cov"er , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discovered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Discovering.] [OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren, OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. d'82couvrir; des- (L. dis-) + couvrir to cover. See Cover.] 1. To uncover. [Obs.]

Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church.

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.

Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.

We will discover ourselves unto them.

Discover not a secret to another.

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.

4. To manifest without design; to show.

The youth discovered a taste for sculpture.

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.

Discover

Dis*cov"er, v. i. To discover or show one's self. [Obs.]

This done, they discover.

Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world.

To uncover.

To discover or show one's self.

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Usage Examples

For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves.

Gardening is not trivial. If you believe that it is, closely examine why you feel that way. You may discover that this attitude has been forced upon you by mass media and the crass culture it creates and maintains. The fact is, gardening is just the opposite - it is, or should be, a central, basic expression of human life.

As Ralph's character begins to discover the political thriller aspect of the film, he falls deeper in love with his wife, so the two run together. That's the beauty of this film. It has fast pace and excitement, but it also has heart and soul.

Dreams are where we visit the many lands and landscapes of human possibility and discover the one where we feel at home. The great religious leaders were all dreamers.

Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.

A few years ago, kids from poor areas in France were asked to draw items of food. For a chicken, they drew a drumstick. For a fish, they drew a fish stick. Those are extremes, but there is a lot that needs to be done to help children discover good food.

A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself.

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Other Usage Examples

Happiness, I do not know where to turn to discover you on earth, in the air or the sky yet I know you exist and are no futile dream.

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.

He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion.

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles he can only discover them.

As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.

Historians and archaeologists will one day discover that the ads of our time are the richest and most faithful reflections that any society ever made of its entire range of activities.

All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered the point is to discover them.