discover

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To uncover.

2. 2transitive verb

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

3. 3transitive verb

   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.

4. 4transitive verb

   To manifest without design; to show.

5. 5transitive verb

   To explore; to examine.

6. 6intransitive verb

   To discover or show one's self.

7. 7verb

   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"

   Synonyms

   hearlearnsee
8. 8verb

   identify as in botany or biology, for example

   Synonyms

   describedistinguishidentifykeyname
9. 9verb

   make a discovery

   "She found that he had lied to her"

   "The story is false, so far as I can discover"

   Synonyms

   find
10. 10verb

    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"

    Synonyms

    breakdisclosedivulgeexposerevealunwrap
11. 11verb

    make a discovery, make a new finding

    "Roentgen discovered X-rays"

    "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"

    Synonyms

    find
12. 12verb

    See for the first time; make a discovery

    "Who discovered the North Pole?"

13. 13verb

    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"

    Synonyms

    detectfindnoticeobserve
14. 14verb

    find unexpectedly

    "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"

    "she struck a goldmine"

    Synonyms

    attainstrike