Discover

Definition: Discover

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".

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

3. 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".

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".

7. See for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered the North Pole?".

8. As in in botany or biology, for example.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "discover" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Discover

Answer

Explain; (interpret); solve; (unriddle); discover; a; fathom, hunt out; (inquire); satisfy, set at rest, determine.

Disclosure

Verb: disclose, discover, dismask; draw the veil, draw aside the veil, lift the veil, raise the veil, lift up the veil, remove the veil, tear aside the veil, tear the curtain; unmask, unveil, unfold, uncover, unseal, unkennel; take off the seal, break the seal; lay open, lay bare; expose; open, open up; bare, bring to light.

Be disclosed; transpire, come to light; come in sight; (be visible); become known, escape the lips; come out, ooze out, creep out, leak out, peep out, crop-out; show its face, show its colors; discover; itself; break through the clouds, flash on the mind.

Discovery

Verb: discover, find, determine, evolve, learn; fix upon; pick up; find out, trace out, make out, hunt out, fish out, worm out, ferret out, root out; fathom; bring out, draw out; educe, elicit, bring to light; dig out, grub up, fish up; unearth, disinter.

Knowledge

See one's way; discover; a.

Crosswords: Discover

Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Clear your mind must be, if you are to discover the real villains behind this plot (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)

Live as one of them, Kal-El, to discover where your strength and power are needed (Superman; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

If you stare at someone long enough, you discover their humanity (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus)

And one day, not long from now, my looks will go. They will discover I can't act, and I will become some sad middle-aged woman who looks a bit like someone who was famous for awhile (Notting Hill; writing credit: Richard Curtis)

Ain't it hard when you discover that (Like a Rolling Stone; performing artist: Bob Dylan)

I'll never recover takes time to discover a love like no other (Without Love; performing artist: Donna Lewis)

And some how in one night, discover I love you (The First Night; performing artist: Monica)

To discover (Planets Of The Universe; performing artist: Stevie Nicks; writing credit: Stevie Nicks)

In my sleep I discover the one (Another Time, Another Place; performing artist: U2)

When you aim for perfection, you discover it is a moving target. (references; author: unknown)

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has courage to lose sight of the shore. (references; author: unknown)

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. (references; author: unknown)

Discover Your World (1987)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Pain-Free with Magnet Therapy: Discover how Magnets can Help Relieve Arthritis, Sports Injuries, Fibromyalgia, and Chronic Pain (reference)

• Cast in God's Image: Discover Your Personality Type Using the Enneagram and Kabbalah (10000) (reference)

• Discover Acadia National Park: A Guide to Hiking, Biking, and Paddling (reference)

• The 100 Best Small Art Towns in America: Discover Creative Communities, Fresh Air, and Affordable Living (reference)

• The Men's Health Belly-Off Program: Discover How 80,000 Guys Lost Their Guts--And How You Can, Too! (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Discover (reference)

• Discover en Espanol (reference)

• Discover India - German Ed (reference)

• Kids Discover (reference)

• Think & Discover (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Scott Cole's Discover Tai Chi for Beginners - Workout Essentials (reference)

• Discover Yourself with the Enneagram (reference)

• Scott Cole's Discover Tai Chi - AM & PM Workout - 2 Volume Gift Boxed Set (reference)

• Spot - Discover Spot (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Discover New Worlds With Werner Andreas Albert (reference)

• Discover the Classics, Vol. 2 (reference)

• Discover the Symphony (reference)

• Discover Tranquility (reference)

• Gershwin: Remembrance and Discover, Vol.2 (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• DISCOVER VISIO 2000 INTERACTIVE (reference)

• Visio Discover Visio Advanced Interactive Training (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A scientist is screening a baboon virus and comparing it with HIV-I for similarities. Bacteriophage colonies are grown to determine whether there is a similarity in the two viruses and to discover the proper sequence of the AIDS virus. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Astronomers have used the Hubble Space telescope to discover a giant impact crater on the ... Credit: NASA.

Coring into a coral reef to discover clues to past climate changes. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Surgeonfish - Acanthuris dussumieri - known as palani locally This fish is swimming near new pipe artificial reef with no growth. Among first to discover new artificial reef. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Schooling surgeonfish -Acanthuris sandvicensis (manini or convict tang) Schooling with yellow tang - Zebrasoma flavescens Among first to discover new artificial reef. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Discover safer sex. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

If dreams came true. The poor little rich boy would discover a real dog. Credit: Library of Congress.

Discover why even the Liberals voted for Stanfield ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Though it be a sufficient answer to their objection, to shew that it involves them in the same difficulties that it doth those they use it against; yet I shall endeavour to discover the weakness of this argument a little farther. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Actually to discover that Mr. Knightley is a gentleman

Suppose you discover a remedy for some disease hitherto supposed to be incurable

They distrust the day because it helps to discover them, and the night because it helps to surprise them

To discover the mode of life or of art whereby your spirit could express itself in unfettered freedom

Here I put in my canoe, and climbing up a part of the rock, I could plainly discover land to the east, extending from south to north

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

You may discover, however, that intimacy changes during treatment. (references)

The doctor may discover that you have a condition that can be treated and cured. (references)

This research aims to discover ways to diagnose, treat, and, ultimately, prevent these disorders. (references)

Business

Although Internet trading of nutritional supplements is a small fraction of global retail sales, this method of distribution promises to become increasingly popular as more U.K. consumers discover the benefits of Internet shopping. (references)

Internet sales of home health care and rehabilitation equipment are small; however, this method of distribution promises to become increasingly popular as more U.K. consumers and providers discover the benefits of Internet shopping. (references)

Finnish travel agency representatives tend to visit ITB in Berlin, World Travel Mart in London and the Discover America International Pow Wow. Also, the annual Matka - International Travel Fair, a local travel trade fair in Finland, and other Scandinavian travel fairs offer good possibilities for travel destination promotion. (references)

Civil Liberties

Sri Lanka

Police traced the call to discover the caller's address. (references)

Economic History

Bahrain

Bahrain was the first Arabian Gulf state to discover oil. (references)

Denmark

Visitors to Denmark will discover a wealth of cultural activity. (references)

Human Rights

Brazil

The military police investigation did not discover the identities of the policemen. (references)

Cuba

The mass organizations' ostensible purpose is to improve the citizenry, but in fact their goal is to discover and discourage nonconformity. (references)

Taiwan

In the past, military hazing was a problem; however, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) has promulgated regulations specifying the appropriate treatment of lower ranking personnel, conducted regular polls of servicemen and their families, and established a telephone hot line to discover any abuse. (references)

Political Economy

TURKEY

The government has recognized the growing problem of child labor and has been working with the ILO to discover its dimension and to determine solutions. (references)

Travel

Barbados

A credit card billing is accepted for Discover, but not Visa, MasterCard and American Express. (references)

Worker Rights

Pakistan

Some have been repatriated at the expense of individuals who discover them and pay for their return home. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "discover": discover a. Additional references.

Ending with "discover": re-discover, self-discover.

Afrikaans

ontdek (uncover). (various references)

Albanian

zbuloj (bare, belie, bewray, blurt out, bring out, bring to light, catch, contrive, descry, detect, develop, disclose, disinter, distil, distill, divine, divulge, enucleate, explore, ferret, ferret about, ferret out, find, find out, hit, hunt down, invent, look out, open, proclaim, puzzle out, rat, reconnoiter, reconnoitre, reveal, rummage, trace, uncloak, uncover, uncurtain, unearth, unlock, unveil), nxjerr (belch, conclude, derive, discharge, display, distil, distill, divulge, drag out, draw, educe, eject, elicit, emit, evolve, excrete, exhale, exhibit, exhume, expel, extract, extricate, extrude, feature, fish out, gain, generate, get off, get out, give away, give off, hatch, heave, hustle, incubate, infer, issue, lay out, leak, let off, let out, liberate, lift out, make out, move out, obtrude, out, pan out, pop, puff, pull, pull out, raise, release, rip out, rout, run against, secrete, send, spit, stick, stick out, take out, tear off, turf out, turn away, uncase, unearth, utter, vomit, whiffle), marr vesh (arrange, be conscious, catch, find out, get, get into, hear, hear from, know, learn, penetrate, see, twig, understand), gjej (ascertain, assure, be, be present, catch, come across, dig up, distil, distill, divine, fetch, figure out, find, find out, get, guess, hit, hunt down, hunt out, hunt up, look out, meet with, obtain, pick out, procure, root out, scare up, search out, trace), ekspozoj (display, exhibit, open, parade, set out). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فضى ب (hand out), ‏كشف عن (bare, develop, disclose, rummage, unbosom, unroll), ‏كشف (bare, bring to light, detect, disclose, disclosure, divulge, expose, exposure, find out, lay bare, lay open, lift, make known, open, remove, reveal, revelation, show up, take off, uncover, unearth, unfold, unveil), ‏إكتشف (be discovered, bring to light, come to light, detect, dig out, figure out, find, find out, get wind of, glean, hit, learn, nose, rout, rummage, search, spot, strike, uncover, unearth). (various references)

Basque

aurkitu (discover to, find out to, find to). (various references)

Bulgarian 

схващам (apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get, get a hold of, grasp, note, perceive, pick up, see, sense, take in, twig, understand), разкривам (bewray, bring to light, detect, disclose, disinter, divulge, elicit, expose, find out, manifest, penetrate, show, smell out, spill, unbare, unclose, unclothe, uncover, uncurtain, undress, unkennel, unload, unlock, unravel, unveil), разбирам (apprehend, catch on, comprehend, cotton, fathom, figure out, find out, follow, grasp, grip, have, latch, make out, penetrate, perceive, pick up, realize, riddle, rumble, see, see through, sense, take, take in, think, understand, work out), откривам (bare, descry, detect, dig up, disclose, disinter, espy, expose, find, find out, inaugurate, initiate, lay bare, lay open, lead off, locate, open, pick out, pry out, recover, reopen, reveal, rout out, rout up, run down, spot, strike, unclose, uncover, unearth, unveil), намирам (be found, detect, find, fit in, found, get, hit, hunt out, judge, land, locate, look up, raise, regard, root out, root up, run down, rustle up, scare up, secure, see, strike, track down, turn up). (various references)

Chinese 

發覺 (detect, find), 发现 (Discovered, Discoveries, Discovering, Discovery, find, finding, found). (various references)

Czech

dopátrat se (fathom), zpozorovat (spot), vypátrat (detect, find, find out, hunt out, spy out, trace, track down), odkrýt (bare, detect, enucleate, expose, open, take off, uncover), objevit (detect, find, recover, spot, spring, spy out, unearth), najít (find, trace). (various references)

Danish

opdage (uncover). (various references)

Dutch

ontdekken (uncover). (various references)

Esperanto

malkovri (uncover). (various references)

Farsi 

یافتن (Meet), پیداکردن (Acquire, Detect, Gain), پی بردن (Hock, Sense), مکشوف ساختن , کشف کردن (Decipher, Decode, Detect, Spot, Uncover), دریافتن (Apprehend, Comprehend, Deduce, Perceive, Realize, Understand). (various references)

Finnish

saada selvä jostakin (detect, find out, make out), saada jokin selville (detect, find out, make out), löytää (find, find one's way), keksiä (detect, devise, find, invent), huomata (become aware of, catch sight of, detect, find, note, notice, observe, perceive, see), havaita (become aware of, note, notice, observe, perceive, realize, see). (various references)

French

découvrir. (various references)

German

entdecken (descry, detect, discern, invent, light on, light upon, recover, spot, to descry, to detect, to discover, to spot, turn up, uncover, undeck). (various references)

Greek 

ανακαλύπτω (catch out, detect, dig out, find out, trace, unearth, unmask). (various references)

Hebrew 

למצוא (find, find out, guess, reveal), לגלות (find out, make out, rumble, trace, unveil), גילה (delight, exultation, find out, gladness, joy). (various references)

Hungarian

megtalál (found, to find, to seek out), felfedez (espy, to detect, to discover, to observe, to pioneer, to unearth, to unfold, unearth). (various references)

Indonesian

menjumpai (find out, meet), menemukan (detect, devise, find, invent), mendapatkan (find out, invent, procure, recruit, visit), mendapati (find, unexpectedly meet up with). (various references)

Italian

scoprire (ascertain, bare, detect, disclose, expose, find, find out, reveal, rumble, strike, to detect, uncover, undeck, unearth). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ディーゼル電気車 (daemon, daily news, day, day and date, day bed, day pack, day'n'date, dealer, debate, debug, debugger, decay, decentralization, deduction, deep, deep kiss, default, defender, Defender Plan, defense, definition, delay, delayed steal, delay-line, demand-pull inflation, deoxyribo, depletion, deregulation, deschooling, describe, descriptor, destination, destructor, detail, detector, Deus, developer, device, dictionary, dieldrin, diesel electric car, differential gear, differentiation, diffusion index, digital, digital camera, digital voltmeter, dilettante, dilettantism, dimension, diminuendo, dimple, dinghy, dinner, dinner dress, dinner jacket, dinner party, dinner set, dinner suit, dip, diploma, director, directory, disc jockey, disclosure, Discman, disco, disco sound, discography, disconnect, discontinue, discotheque, discount, discount sale, discount store, discoverer, discrete, discussion, disinflation, disk, disk brake, disk jockey, diskette, diskless, diskman, Disney, Disneyland, dispatch, dispatcher, dispel, dispenser, displacement, display, disposer, disrupt, dissolve, distance, distortion, distribution, distributor, disturb, divertimento, divided skirt, divider, divot, French kiss). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ディスカバー . (various references)

Korean 

발견하십시요. (various references)

Manx

feddyn magh (ascertain, ascertainment, determine, dig out, discovery, elicit, invent, invention, seek out). (various references)

Norwegian

oppdage (detect). (various references)

Occitan

descobrir (find out). (various references)

Papiamen

deskubrí (uncover). (various references)

Pig Latin

iscoverday.(various references)

Portuguese

revelar (betray, bewray, break, demonstrate, disclose, disembosom, display, expose, lay bare, publicize, represent, reveal, show, smoke out, unbosom, uncloak, unclose, uncover, unfold, unkennel, unmask, unveil), descobrir (ascertain, bare, bewray, denudate, denude, descry, detect, dig up, disclose, elicit, espy, find, find out, get out, hunt out, hunt up, identify, lay open, lay up bare, open, pioneer, poke about, publicize, reveal, see, show up, spell out, strike, surprise, to discover, uncap, uncloak, unclose, uncover, unearth, unkennel, unmask, unveil). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

descobrir (to discover). (various references)

Romanian

descoperi (crack, descry, detect, disclose, ferret, find out, fish, grub, hit, invent, lay open, nose out, open, reveal, rip, spy, strike, uncover, unearth, unravel). (various references)

Russian 

обнаруживать (bring out, bring to light, catch out, chance on, detect, disclose, display, find, find out, locate, manifest, open up, reveal, revealed, rummage, uncurtain). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pronaći (dig up, dog down, find, get a hold of, hunt out, invent, locate, seek, spot), otkriti (bare, descry, detect, disclose, divulge, dog down, expose, expose smb., let out, reveal, turn up, uncloak, uncover, unearth, unfold), naći (find). (various references)

Spanish

descubrir (break through, come on, come upon, detect, expose, find out, give away, learn, penetrate, pick out, search out, spy, think out, uncover, unlock). (various references)

Swedish

upptäcka (descry, detect, detecting, find, find out, see, trace, track down, uncover), hitta (be discovered, crack, detect, fall on, find, hit, trace, track). (various references)

Turkish

ortaya çıkarmak (bring into the open, bring out, bring to light, bring to pass, conceive, detect, disclose, expose, ferret out, get at, hit off, lay bare, pick out, search out, show up, sift out, smoke out, throw into relief, uncloak, uncover, unearth, unveil), keşfetmek (cipher out, descry, detect, dig out, explore, find, hit off, scout, search out, study out, work out), farketmek (become aware of, catch sight, descry, detect, discern, distinguish, espy, know, make a difference, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, realize, recognize, remark, see, take notice), bulmak (ascertain, clear up, cogitate, contrive, devise, find, go for, happen on, happen upon, hit, invent, meet, obtain, procure, provide with, reach, reason, strike, strike out, study out, turn up), anlamak (absorb, accept, appreciate, apprehend, ascertain, be knowledgeable about, be up to, catch, catch on, click, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton on to, dawn on, deduce, dig, discern, distinguish, fathom, feel, figure out, get, get a grip, get a grip on, get the message, grasp, grip, latch on to, make of, pick out, read, realize, rumble, savvy, see, see into, seize, sense, sum up, take in, twig, understand, wake to, waken, work out). (various references)

Ukrainian

відкривати (bare, dedicate, detect, disembosom, find, open, reveal, unbosom, unclose, undo, unfasten, unlock), виявляти (bespeak, demonstrate, detect, disclose, display, educe, elicit, evince, evolve, exert, find, show, uncover, vent), зраджувати (apostatize, betray, bewray, sell), довідуватися (ask, ask about, ask after, consult, inquire, query whether, sound out). (various references)

Welsh

darganfod. (various references)

conperi, conperit, conperto, deprehendere, deprehenderit, deprehendi, deprehendisset, deprehenditur, deprehensa, deprehensam, deprehensus, dis-, expiscor, invenerim, invenerint, inveneris, invenerit, inveneritis, invenero, invenerunt, inveneruntque, inveni, inveniam, inveniamini, inveniamus, inveniant, inveniantur, inveniar, inveniat, inveniatis, inveniatur, inveniebant, inveniebantur, inveniebatur, inveniemus, inveniens, invenient, invenientes, invenienti, invenientibus, invenientur, invenieris, invenies, inveniet, invenietis, invenietur, invenimur, invenimus, invenio, invenire, invenirem, invenirent, inveniret, inveniri, invenisse, invenissemus, invenissent, invenisset, invenissetis, invenisti, invenistis, invenit, invenitque, invenitur, inveniunt, inveniuntur, inventa, inventae, inventaeque, inventamque, inventi, inventique, inventis, invento, inventum, inventus, inventusque, proferam, proferas, proferendum, proferens, proferent, proferentem, proferentes, proferet, proferre, proferrentur, proferri, profert, proferte, profertur, proferunt, prolatae, prolatisque, prolatos, prolatum, protulerit, protulerunt, protuli, protulit, reperio, reperire. (various references)

geascian, onfindan. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "discover": discoverable, discovered, discoverer, discoverers, discoveries, discovering, discovers, discovery. (additional references)

Words ending with "discover": codiscover, rediscover. (additional references)

Words containing "discover": codiscovered, codiscoverer, codiscoverers, codiscovering, codiscovers, indiscoverable, prediscoveries, prediscovery, rediscovered, rediscoveries, rediscovering, rediscovers, rediscovery, undiscoverable, undiscovered. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Discover" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Descaves, Dioscorea, discarvard, discove, discoverd, discuter, dsicvoeverd. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: codrives, divorces.

-1 letter: codrive, devisor, devoirs, divorce, scrived, visored, voicers, voiders.

-2 letters: cervid, ciders, coders, corves, cosied, cosier, covers, credos, decors, devoir, dicers, divers, dories, drives, droves, scored, scried, scrive, videos, vireos, voiced, voicer, voices, voider.

-3 letters: cedis, ceros, cider, cires, coder, codes, coeds, coirs, cords, cored, cores, corse, cosie, coved, cover, coves, credo, cried, cries.

+1 letter: coderives, codrivers, coverlids, discovers, discovery, divorcees, divorcers, varicosed.

+2 letters: codiscover, discovered, discoverer, rediscover.

+3 letters: codiscovers, discoverers, discoveries, discovering, overdirects, postdivorce, providences, rediscovers, rediscovery.

+4 letters: bedcoverings, codiscovered, codiscoverer, conveyorised, deactivators, dichlorvoses, discoverable, divorcements, overdiscount, overserviced, prediscovery, rediscovered, undiscovered.

+5 letters: codiscoverers, codiscovering, conservatized, improvidences, nondiscursive, overdiscounts, overexercised, overmedicates, privatdocents, rediscoveries, rediscovering, reproductives, valedictories.