bring light

Main Entry:
bring to light
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: to make clear
Synonyms: blow the lid off, bring forward, bring into the open, bring into view, crack wide open, disclose, expose, hold up to view, lay bare, reveal, take the lid off
Main Entry: bring out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: draw out
Synonyms: bring to light, emphasize, expose, highlight, introduce, publish, utter
Main Entry: dig
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: investigate; discover
Synonyms: bring to light, come across, come up with, delve, dig down, expose, extricate, find, go into, inquire, look into, probe, prospect, research, retrieve, root, search, search high and low, shake down, sift, turn inside out, turn upside down, uncover, unearth
Main Entry: disclose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: reveal, make public
Synonyms: acknowledge, admit, avow, bare, betray, blab, bring to light, broadcast, come out of the closet, communicate, confess, discover, display, divulge, exhibit, expose, give away, impart, lay bare, leak, let slip, make known, mouth*, open, own, publish, relate, reveal, show, snitch, spill, spill the beans, squeal, tell, uncover, unfurl, unveil, utter
Antonyms: conceal, hide, secrete, withhold
Main Entry: discover
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: find, uncover
Synonyms: ascertain, bring to light, catch, come across, come upon, conceive, contrive, debunk, design, detect, determine, devise, dig up, discern, disclose, distinguish, elicit, espy, explore, ferret out, get wind of, get wise to, glimpse, hear, identify, invent, learn, light upon, locate, look up, nose out, notice, observe, originate, perceive, pick up on, pioneer, realize, recognize, reveal, see, sense, smoke out, spot, think of, turn up, unearth
Notes: The word discover goes back to Latin dis- and cooperire, meaning 'to remove the covering; completely uncover.' By 1553, it was used to mean 'seeing or gaining knowledge of something previously unknown' and 'finding out; bringing to light.' You discover ('uncover') something that is already there, something that has existed but is generally unknown - but you invent something that has never existed before.
Antonyms: lose, miss, pass by
Main Entry: elicit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: draw out
Synonyms: arm-twist, badger, bite*, bring, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call forth, cause, derive, educe, evince, evoke, evolve, exact, extort, extract, fetch, give rise to, milk, obtain, put muscle on, put the arm on, rattle, shake, shake down, squeeze, wrest, wring
Notes: elicit means to call forth emotions, feelings, and responses or to bring out or draw out, while illicit means contrary to or forbidden by law - unlawful
Antonyms: cover, hide, keep, repress, supress
Main Entry: expose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: reveal
Synonyms: advertise, air, bare, betray, brandish, bring to light, broadcast, crack, debunk, denude, dig up, disclose, display, disport, divulge, exhibit, feature, flash, flaunt, give away, lay bare, lay open, leak, let cat out of bag, let out, make known, manifest, open, open to view, parade, present, prove, publish, put on view, report, show, show off, smoke out, spill, streak, tip off, trot out, unclothe, uncover, unearth, unfold, unmask, unshroud, unveil
Antonyms: conceal, cover, hide
Main Entry: ferret out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: search out
Synonyms: ascertain, be on to, bring to light, chase, chase down, determine, dig out, dig up, dig up, disclose, discover, drive out, elicit, extract, follow, get at, hunt, hunt down, learn, nose out, penetrate, pick up on, pierce, probe, pry, pursue, quest, root out, root out, scout out, search out, seek, smell out, smoke out, smoke out, sniff out, trace, track down, trail, uncover, unearth, worm out
Main Entry: find
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: catch sight of, lay hands on
Synonyms: arrive at, bring to light, bump into, chance upon, collar, come across, come up with*, come upon, corral, descry, detect, dig up, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, fall in with, ferret out, happen upon, hit upon, identify, lay fingers on, light upon, locate, make out, meet, notice, observe, perceive, pinpoint, recognize, recover, run across, run into, scare up, sight, smoke out, spot, strike, stumble upon, track down, trip on, turn up, uncover, unearth
Notes: a find (noun) is a discovery or productive insight - find (verb) means to come upon or discover something; fined means punished by the imposition of a penalty
Antonyms: fail, lose, miss, pass by
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