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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
dis·cov·er    Audio Help   [di-skuhv-er] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity.
2.to notice or realize: I discovered I didn't have my credit card with me when I went to pay my bill.
3.Archaic. to make known; reveal; disclose.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < AF discoverir, descovrir, OF descovrir < LL discooperīre. See dis-1, cover]

—Related forms
dis·cov·er·a·ble, adjective
dis·cov·er·a·bly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice. Discover, invent, originate suggest bringing to light something previously unknown. To discover may be to find something that had previously existed but had hitherto been unknown: to discover a new electricity; it may also refer to devising a new use for something already known: to discover how to make synthetic rubber. To invent is to make or create something new, esp. something ingeniously devised to perform mechanical operations: to invent a device for detecting radioactivity. To originate is to begin something new, esp. new ideas, methods, etc.: to originate a political movement, the use of assembly-line techniques. See also learn.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  discover
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To obtain knowledge or awareness of something not known before, as through observation or study.
Synonyms:  ascertain, determine, find, hear, learn
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  betray
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To disclose in a breach of confidence.
Synonyms:  blab, divulge, expose, give away, let out, reveal, tell, uncover, unveil
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  reveal
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To make visible; bring to view.
Synonyms:  bare, disclose, display, expose, show, unclothe, uncover, unmask, unveil
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.


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