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Definition of 'discover' Verb
- 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: detect observe find notice - make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
Synonyms: find - 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: learn hear get word get wind pick up find out get a line see - make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
Synonyms: find - find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
Synonyms: fall upon strike come upon light upon chance upon come across chance on happen upon attain - 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"
Synonyms: unwrap disclose let on bring out reveal expose divulge impart break give away let out - see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered the North Pole?"
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
Synonyms: identify key key out distinguish describe name
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