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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Hands frantically slipped into pockets and bags and coats, only to discover wallets gone.
From Literature
My wife and I discovered this on our very first visit, when we got married in the backyard of a cottage tucked along the banks of the White River.
From Salon
Offering outdoor activities and in-hospital games, the Painted Turtle describes itself as place where youth with life-threatening and chronic illnesses can “sing, dance, laugh, grow and discover their potential.”
From Los Angeles Times
Their effectiveness was discovered long before football was invented.
From Los Angeles Times
By studying R Doradus, which is relatively close to Earth, astronomers discovered that the surrounding dust grains are extremely small.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
