English Explanatory Dictionary

discover

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To find or learn something for the first time.
To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).
To expose, uncover.
To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
To question (a person) as part of discovery in a lawsuit.
To reveal (information); to divulge, make known.
To reconnoitre, explore (an area).
To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit.

name

Discover Card, a brand of credit card.
Discover magazine, a general audience science magazine launched in 1980.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈskʌvə/ /dɪˈskʊvə/ /dɪˈskʌvɚ/ en-us-discover.ogg /dɪˈskavə/

Word forms

discover discovers discovering discovered no-table-tags glossary discoverest discoveredst discovereth discovre

Etymology

From Middle English discoveren, from Old French descovrir, from Late Latin discoperīre < discooperiō, discooperīre, from Latin dis- + cooperiō. Displaced native Old English onfindan.

Synonyms

catch check come upon detect determine discover disinter fish up identify learn locate map navigate pick up pinpoint place position recognize search spot trace track unearth explore come across find expose reveal uncover

Antonyms

conceal cover cover up hide miss overlook

Related words

detect find invent stumble upon

Derived words

codiscover discoverability discoverable -ly → in… -ly un… discovered → nondiscovered undiscovered discoveree discoverer discoverment discovery → nondiscovery misdiscover precover prediscover rediscover undiscover after-discovered evidence discovered attack discovered check

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