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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | hear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become aware of information |
| Synonyms: | apperceive, ascertain, be advised, be informed, be led to believe, be told of, catch, catch on, descry, determine, discover, find out, gather, get the picture, get wind of, get wise to, glean, have on good authority, learn, pick up*, receive, see, tumble*, understand, unearth |
| Notes: | to listen is to try to hear; to hear is simply to perceive with the ear |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detect, smell |
| Synonyms: | be on the track of, be on the trail of, discern, get wind of, nose, nose out, recognize, sense, sniff |
| Main Entry: | hearken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hear |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, attend, auscultate, be all ears, become aware, catch, descry, devour, eavesdrop, get an earful, get wind of, get*, give, give an audience to, give attention, give ears, hark, heed, listen, make out, overhear, pick up*, read, strain, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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