English > discover: 8 senses > verb 1, perceptionMeaning | Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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Synonyms | detect, observe, find, notice |
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Narrower | find out, catch out | trap |
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instantiate | Find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word) |
see | observe as if with an eye |
sense | detect some circumstance or entity automatically |
trace | Discover traces of |
Broader | spy, sight | catch sight of |
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Similar to | discover, find | make a discovery, make a new finding |
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Spanish | advertir, apreciar, descubrir, detectar, distinguir, divisar, encontrar, observar, percibir, vislumbrar |
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Catalan | advertir, apreciar, descobrir, detectar, observar, trobar |
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Nouns | discoverer | someone who is the first to observe something |
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discovery | the act of discovering something |
discovery | a productive insight |
discovery | something that is discovered |
English > discover: 8 senses > verb 2, cognitionMeaning | Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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Model | They discover that there was a traffic accident |
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Synonyms | learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, see |
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Narrower | ascertain | Learn or discover with certainty |
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discover, find | make a discovery |
get the goods | Discover some bad or hidden / hidden information about |
trip up, catch | detect a blunder or misstep |
wise up | get wise to |
Similar to | witness, find, see | perceive or be contemporaneous with |
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Spanish | aprender, averiguar, descubrir, enterarse, enterar, oír, ver |
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Catalan | aprendre, assabentar-se, assabentar, descobrir, veure |
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Nouns | discovery | the act of discovering something |
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discovery | a productive insight |
discovery | something that is discovered |
English > discover: 8 senses > verb 3, creationMeaning | make a discovery, make a new finding. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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Example | "Roentgen discovered X-rays" |
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Synonym | find |
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Broader | gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise | Have the idea for |
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Similar to | detect, observe, find, discover, notice | Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of |
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determine, find, find out, ascertain | Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment / experiment, survey, or study |
discover, find | make a discovery |
Spanish | descubrir, encontrar |
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Catalan | descobrir, trobar |
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Nouns | discoverer | someone who is the first to think of or make something |
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discovery | the act of discovering something |
discovery | a productive insight |
discovery | something that is discovered |
English > discover: 8 senses > verb 4, cognitionMeaning | make a discovery. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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Example | "The story is false, so far as I can discover" |
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Synonym | find |
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Narrower | ferret out, ferret | search and discover through persistent investigation |
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rake up | Bring to light |
Broader | learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see | Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally |
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Similar to | discover, find | make a discovery, make a new finding |
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Spanish | averigüar, descubrir, encontrar |
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Catalan | descobrir |
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Nouns | discovery | the act of discovering something |
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discovery | a productive insight |
discovery | something that is discovered |
English > discover: 8 senses > verb 6, communicationMeaning | Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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Synonyms | unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover |
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Cause to | break, get out, get around | Be released or become known |
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Entailed by | sell someone out | Give information that compromises others |
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Narrower | betray, bewray | reveal unintentionally |
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blackwash | Bring (information) out of concealment |
blow | Cause to be revealed and jeopardized |
come out of the closet, out, come out | To state openly and publicly one's homosexuality |
confide | reveal in private |
leak | tell anonymously |
muckrake | explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures |
out | reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle |
reveal | disclose directly or through prophets |
spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out | divulge confidential information or secrets |
spring | produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly / unexpectedly |
Broader | tell | Let something be known |
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Similar to | break, get out, get around | Be released or become known |
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Spanish | declarar, descubrir, desvelar, divulgar, exponer, manifestar, revelar |
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Catalan | declarar, desvelar, divulgar, manifestar, revelar |
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Nouns | discovery | something that is discovered |
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