discover

Verb
  1. Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of (synset 202158938)
    "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
    is a type of: sight, spy - catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
    subtypes:
    • catch out, find out - trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act
    • sense - detect some circumstance or entity automatically
    • instantiate - find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word)
    • trace - discover traces of
    • see - observe as if with an eye
    same as: detect, find, notice, observe
    verb group: discover, find - make a discovery, make a new finding
  2. Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally (synset 200600349)
    "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
    subtypes:
    same as: find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see
    verb group: find, see, witness - perceive or be contemporaneous with
  3. Make a discovery, make a new finding (synset 201641524)
    "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
    is a type of: conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize, gestate - have the idea for
    same as: find
    verb group:
  4. Make a discovery (synset 200723361)
    "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
    is a type of: discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see - get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
    subtypes:
    same as: find
    verb group: discover, find - make a discovery, make a new finding
  5. Find unexpectedly (synset 202291532)
    "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
    is a type of: find, regain - come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
    same as: attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike
  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 (synset 200935783)
    "The auction 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"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"; "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings"
    causes: break, get around, get out - be released or become known; of news
    is a type of: tell - let something be known
    subtypes:
    same as: break, bring out, disclose, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap
    verb group: break, get around, get out - be released or become known; of news
  7. See for the first time;
    Make a discovery (synset 202132531)
    "Who discovered the North Pole?"
    entail: comprehend, perceive - to become aware of through the senses
    subtypes: rediscover - discover again
  8. Identify as in botany or biology, for example (synset 200654017)
    entail: assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out - arrange or order by classes or categories
    same as: describe, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name

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