- To uncover. - To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to
reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or
unknown). - To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as
of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to
ascertain; to espy; to detect. - To manifest without design; to show. - To explore; to examine.
Meaning of 'discover' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . discover
[ v]
Meaning (1): - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
Example in sentence:
bring out the truth;
he broke the news to her;
The actress won't reveal how old she is;
The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold;
The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings;
unwrap the evidence in the murder case
Meaning (2): - get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
Example in sentence:
I learned that she has two grown-up children;
I see that you have been promoted
Meaning (3): - make a discovery, make a new finding
Example in sentence:
Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle;
Roentgen discovered X-rays
Meaning (4): - discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
Example in sentence:
She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water;
We found traces of lead in the paint
Meaning (5): - make a discovery
Example in sentence:
She found that he had lied to her;
The story is false, so far as I can discover
Meaning (6): - find unexpectedly
Example in sentence:
she struck a goldmine;
the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb;
The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
Meaning (7): - see for the first time; make a discovery