discover
Usage
What are other ways to say discover?
The verb discover is used with objective clauses as a synonym of learn in order to suggest that the new information acquired is surprising to the learner: I discovered that she had been married before. To learn is to add to one's knowledge or information: to learn a language. To ascertain is to verify facts by inquiry or analysis: to ascertain the truth about an event. To detect implies becoming aware of something that had been obscure, secret, or concealed: to detect a flaw in reasoning.
Example Sentences
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Although scientists do not expect to find fish swimming through Titan's slushy channels, any life discovered there might resemble organisms found in Earth's polar regions.
From Science Daily
The team also discovered that the liver can receive fructose through multiple metabolic routes.
From Science Daily
We learn that Renoir’s scenes of contemporary life often served as illustrations for books and periodicals, and discover the influence of the requirements of reproduction on his technique.
Then I discovered that by simply leaving it alone, it would use a sensor to maintain a safe distance from the car ahead.
Using a magical object to travel back in time, Takopi saves her and discovers the circumstances that led to her actions and those of the other desperate children around her.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
