discover
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: Discover
Contents
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- discovre (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old French descovrir, from Latin discooperiō, from dis- + cooperiō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: dis‧co‧ver
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkʌvə(ɹ)/, /dɪsˈkʊvə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkʌvɚ/
-
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌvə(r)
Verb[edit]
discover (third-person singular simple present discovers, present participle discovering, simple past and past participle discovered)
- (transitive, obsolete) To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).
- (transitive, now rare) To expose, uncover.
- The gust of wind discovered a bone in the sand.
- (transitive, chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
- This move discovers an attack on a vital pawn.
- (transitive, archaic) To reveal (information); to divulge, make known.
- I discovered my plans to the rest of the team.
- Shakespeare
- Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover / The several caskets to this noble prince.
- Francis Bacon
- Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.
- (transitive, obsolete) To reconnoitre, explore (an area).
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book V:
- they seyde the same, and were aggreed that Sir Clegis, Sir Claryon, and Sir Clement the noble, that they sholde dyscover the woodys, bothe the dalys and the downys.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book V:
- To find something for the first time.
- 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
- All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.
- Turning the corner, I discovered a lovely little shop.
- 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
- (obsolete) To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit.
- C. J. Smith
- The youth discovered a taste for sculpture.
- C. J. Smith
Synonyms[edit]
- (expose something previously covered): expose, reveal, uncover
- (find something for the first time): come across, find
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
expose something previously covered
|
find something for the first time
|
|
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
|
