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dis·cov·er

(dĭ-skŭv′ər)tr.v.

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dis·cov·ered, dis·cov·er·ing, dis·cov·ers

1. To notice or learn, especially by making an effort: got home and discovered that the furnace wasn't working.

a. To be the first, or the first of one's group or kind, to find, learn of, or observe.

b. To learn about for the first time in one's experience: discovered a new restaurant on the west side.

3. To learn something about: discovered him to be an impostor; discovered the brake to be defective.

4. To identify (a person) as a potentially prominent performer: a movie star who was discovered in a drugstore by a producer.

[Middle English discoveren, to reveal, from Old French descovrir, from Late Latin discooperīre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin cooperīre, to cover; see cover.]

dis·cov′er·er n.

Synonyms: discover, ascertain, determine, learn
These verbs mean to gain knowledge or awareness of something not known before: discovered a star in a distant galaxy; ascertaining the facts; tried to determine the origins of the problem; learned the sad news from the radio.

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discover

(dɪˈskʌvə) vb (tr; may take a clause as object)

1. to be the first to find or find out about: Fleming discovered penicillin.

2. to learn about or encounter for the first time; realize: she discovered the pleasures of wine.

3. to find after study or search: I discovered a leak in the tank.

disˈcoverableadj

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dis•cov•er

(dɪˈskʌv ər)
v.t.

1. to gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown).

3. Archaic. to make known; reveal; disclose.

[1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French discoverir, Old French descovrir < Late Latin discooperīre]

dis•cov′er•a•bly,adv.

syn: See learn.

invent

– discover1. 'invent'

If someone invents something new, they are the first person to think of it or make it.

Walter Hunt and Elias Howe invented the sewing machine.

2. 'discover'

You do not use 'invent' to say that someone finds out about something which exists but which was not previously known. The word you use is discover.

Having found these fragments, the team of researchers discovered a way to date them.

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discover

Past participle: discovered
Gerund: discovering

Imperative
discover
discover

Present
I discover
you discover
he/she/it discovers
we discover
you discover
they discover

Preterite
I discovered
you discovered
he/she/it discovered
we discovered
you discovered
they discovered

Present Continuous
I am discovering
you are discovering
he/she/it is discovering
we are discovering
you are discovering
they are discovering

Present Perfect
I have discovered
you have discovered
he/she/it has discovered
we have discovered
you have discovered
they have discovered

Past Continuous
I was discovering
you were discovering
he/she/it was discovering
we were discovering
you were discovering
they were discovering

Past Perfect
I had discovered
you had discovered
he/she/it had discovered
we had discovered
you had discovered
they had discovered

Future
I will discover
you will discover
he/she/it will discover
we will discover
you will discover
they will discover

Future Perfect
I will have discovered
you will have discovered
he/she/it will have discovered
we will have discovered
you will have discovered
they will have discovered

Future Continuous
I will be discovering
you will be discovering
he/she/it will be discovering
we will be discovering
you will be discovering
they will be discovering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been discovering
you have been discovering
he/she/it has been discovering
we have been discovering
you have been discovering
they have been discovering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been discovering
you will have been discovering
he/she/it will have been discovering
we will have been discovering
you will have been discovering
they will have been discovering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been discovering
you had been discovering
he/she/it had been discovering
we had been discovering
you had been discovering
they had been discovering

Conditional
I would discover
you would discover
he/she/it would discover
we would discover
you would discover
they would discover

Past Conditional
I would have discovered
you would have discovered
he/she/it would have discovered
we would have discovered
you would have discovered
they would have discovered

Verb

discover - 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'

detect, notice, observe, find

catch out, find out - trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act; 'He was caught out'; 'She was found out when she tried to c