discover

English Online Dictionary. What means discover‎? What does discover mean?

English

Alternative forms

• discovre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English discoveren, from Old French descovrir, from Late Latin discoperīre < discooperiō, discooperīre, from Latin dis- + cooperiō. Displaced native Old English onfindan.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈskʌvə/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /dɪˈskʊvə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /dɪˈskʌvɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dɪˈskavə/
• Rhymes: -ʌvə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: dis‧cov‧er

Verb

discover (third-person singular simple present discovers, present participle discovering, simple past and past participle discovered)

1. (transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).
3. (transitive, now rare) To expose, uncover.

4. (transitive, chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.

5. (transitive, law) To question (a person) as part of discovery in a lawsuit.
6. (transitive, archaic) To reveal (information); to divulge, make known.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To reconnoitre, explore (an area).
8. (transitive, obsolete) To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit.

Synonyms

• (expose something previously covered): expose, reveal, uncover
• (find something for the first time): come across, find

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “expose something previously covered”): conceal, cover, cover up, hide

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Anagrams

• codrives, discovre, divorces, divorcés