Definition of Discover
Discover
dis·cov·er
Definition/Meaning
(verb)
To find or learn something new or previously unknown.
e.g. The scientists will discover new species in the Amazon rainforest.
(verb)
to come to know some information, to learn or find out about something;
e.g. We were eager to discover the truth about what he was doing.
(verb)
to be the first person to find or encounter something, for example to observe a scientific phenomenon for the first time, to become interested in something for the first time;
e.g. He was the one to discover that the disease could be cured. Spending time at the library allowed me to discover many authors I otherwise wouldn't have read.
(verb)
(old) to make something known, for example to reveal a secret, display a feeling or quality, or disclose an identity;
e.g. The documents discover the person she was behind her public image. He was the first to discover his exhaustion.
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