discover

v 1: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;

"She detected high levels of lead in her drinking

water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint" [syn: {detect},

{observe}, {find}, {notice}]

2: get to know or become aware of; "I learned that she has two

grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"

[syn: {learn}, {hear}, {get word}, {get wind}, {pick up},

{find out}, {get a line}, {see}]

3: make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered

X-rays"; "Darwin found many new species on the Galapagos

Islands" [syn: {find}]

4: make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The

story is false, so far as I can discover" [syn: {find}]

5: find unexpectedly: "she struck a goldmine" [syn: {strike}, {come

upon}, {light upon}, {chance upon}, {come across}, {chance

on}, {happen upon}]

6: make known to the public information that was previously

known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a

secret; "The aution house would not disclose the price at

which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal

how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news

to her" [syn: {disclose}, {let on}, {bring out}, {reveal},

{expose}, {declare}, {divulge}, {impart}, {break}, {give

away}, {let out}]

7: see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered

the North Pole?"

8: as in in botany or biology, for example [syn: {identify}, {key},

{key out}, {distinguish}, {describe}, {name}]