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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary dis·cov·er ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French descoverir, descovrir, from Late Latin discooperire, from Latin dis- + cooperireto cover — more at cover DATE 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to make known or visible : expose b. archaic : display 2. a. to obtain sight or knowledge of for the first time : find discover the solution b. find out discovered he was out of gas intransitive verb : to make a discovery Synonyms. discover , ascertain , determine , unearth , learn mean to find out what one did not previously know. discover may apply to something requiring exploration or investigation or to a chance encounter discovered the source of the river ascertain implies effort to find the facts or the truth proceeding from awareness of ignorance or uncertainty attempts to ascertain the population of the region determine emphasizes the intent to establish the facts definitely or precisely unable to determine the origin of the word unearth implies bringing to light something forgotten or hidden unearth old records learn may imply acquiring knowledge with little effort or conscious intention (as by simply being told) or it may imply study and practice I learned her name only today learning Greek English Etymology discover c.1300, from O.Fr . descovrir, from L.L. discooperire, from L.dis- "opposite of" + cooperire "to cover up" (see cover).Originally with a sense of betrayal or malicious exposure (discovereroriginally meant "informant"), the modern meaning "to obtain knowledge or sight of what was not known" is from 1550s. Related: Discovered.http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ discover dis·cover / di5skQvE(r) / verb1. [VN] to be the first person to become aware that a particular place or thing exists (第一个)发现: Cook is credited with discovering Hawaii. 人们把发现夏威夷的功劳归于库克。 Scientists around the world are working to discover a cure for AIDS. 全世界的科学家都在努力寻找治疗艾滋病的方法。 2. to find sb / sth that was hidden or that you did not expect to find (出乎意料地)发现,找到,发觉: ▪ [VN] Police discovered a large stash of drugs while searching the house. 警方搜查这栋房子时发现里面藏着一大批毒品。 We discovered this beach while we were sailing around the island. 我们在围绕这个海岛航行时发现了这个海滩。 ▪ [VN -ing] He was discovered hiding in a shed. 人们发现他原来藏在棚屋里。 ▪ [VN-ADJ] She was discovered dead at her home in Leeds. 人们发现她死在利兹的家里。 3. to find out about sth; to find some information about sth 了解到；认识到；查明: ▪ [VN] I've just discovered hang-gliding! 我刚知道有悬挂式滑翔运动！ ▪ [V (that)] It was a shock to discover (that) he couldn't read. 得知他不识字真令人震惊。 ▪ [V wh-] We never did discover why she gave up her job. 我们一直弄不清楚她为什么辞职。 ▪ [VN that] It was later discovered that the diaries were a fraud. 后来查明这些日记完全是伪造的。 ▪ [VN to inf] He was later discovered to be seriously ill. 后来才了解到他患了重病。 HELP This pattern is usually used in the passive. 此句型通常用于被动语态。 4. [VN] [often passive] to be the first person to realize that sb is very good at singing, acting, etc. and help them to become successful and famous 发现(人才): The singer was discovered while still at school. 这个歌唱家在上学的时候就受到赏识了。 • dis·cov·er·er noun: the discoverer of penicillin 第一个发现青霉素的人 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English discover verb ADV. quickly, soon We soon discovered we'd been mistaken. | suddenly | subsequently | eventually VERB + DISCOVER be amazed to, be astonished to, be astounded to, be a surprise to, be surprised to She was surprised to discover he was perfectly capable around the house. | be alarmed to, be appalled to, be dismayed to, be horrified to, be a shock to, be shocked to It was a terrible shock to discover the full extent of the problem. | be delighted to, be fascinated to, be intrigued to | be fascinating to It would be fascinating to discover more about the town's history. | be difficult to | be possible to | aim to | attempt to, try to trying to discover the truth | be able/unable to PHRASES an attempt to discover sth, newly/recently discovered recently discovered evidence | only to discover sth I arrived at the campsite, only to discover that it was closed for the winter. | an opportunity to discover sth, waiting to be discovered There's great talent out there just waiting to be discovered. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition v. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: EXPOSE 4, debunk, show up, uncloak, undress, unmask, unshroud 2 Synonyms: REVEAL 1, betray, blab (out), disclose, divulge, give away, mouth, spill, tell, unclose Related Words: advertise, proclaim, publish Contrasted Words: repress, suppress 3 to become or be made aware of something not previously known FF1C;discover a secretFF1E; Synonyms: ascertain, catch on, determine, find out, hear, learn, see, tumble, unearth Related Words: descry, detect, encounter, espy, hit (on or upon), meet (with), spot; discern, note, observe, perceive Idioms: get wise to Contrasted Words: miss, overlook; disregard, ignore Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged dis·cover \də̇ˈskəvə(r)\ verb (discovered ; discovered ; discovering \-v(ə)riŋ\ ; discovers) Etymology: Middle English discoveren, discuren, from Old French descovrir, from Late Latin discooperire, from Latin dis- dis- (I) + cooperire to cover — more at cover transitive verb 1. a. : to make known (something secret, hidden, unknown, or previously unnoticed) : expose , disclose < discovered to his friend the sad state of his fortunes > < the novelist Emily Brontë had to discover these absurdities to the girl Emily — Mark Schorer > b. : to reveal the identity of < God, when he discovered himself to the Israelites in Egypt — G.G.Coulton > < discovering himself to the lovely culprit as her adoring and magnanimous lover — T.L.Peacock > c. archaic : to make manifest (as a characteristic or attribute) : exhibit , display , manifest < the very attempt towards pleasing everybody discovers a temper … often false and insincere — Edmund Burke > d. : to disclose to view (something hidden, covered, or previously unseen); specifically : to reveal on a theater stage when the curtain rises or when flats are parted or raised — used only in the past participial form < at curtain wife and mother-in-law are discovered packing fragile articles into a barrel — Saul Bellow > e. archaic : to disclose unwittingly (as by one's actions) 2. : to remove or lift a covering from : uncover 3. a. : to obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of < discovered a large bay that now bears his name > < discovered the circulation of the blood > < discovered a number of writers who afterward gained wide recognition — Current Biography > b. : to detect the presence of : find , discern < discovered arsenic in the patient's sleeping potion > < discover slights in the most innocent remarks — Joyce Cary > c. : to find out : ascertain < discovered he had lost his purse > d. archaic : to get sight of : sight , espy e. archaic : explore , reconnoiter intransitive verb 1. : to make a discovery < the rumor is false, as far as I can discover > 2. obsolete a. : explore , reconnoiter b. : look , discern c. : to make admission : confess Synonyms: ascertain , determine , detect , unearth , learn : discover means to come to know something not previously known, either by purposive search and investigation or by accident < a careful search at last discovered a small whirlpool — O.S.Nock > < we shall never know who first discovered how to pound up metal-bearing rock and heat it in the fire — Tom Wintringham > ascertain usually indicates purposively directed study and investigation to find the truth or discover the facts < scientific experiment has ascertained how many trials are needed by a rat to grasp the idea that by taking a particular turn or giving a special push he can penetrate from one chamber of his prison house to a more desireable one — C.H.Grandgent > < it has been ascertained by test borings that salt extends for 2200 feet below the surface — American Guide Series: Louisiana> determine may stress intent to decide or establish the truth definitively < the executor must assemble all available records to determine the decedent's assets and liabilities — Richard Gehman > < his duties for the next seven years included inspecting ships, including nearly all the largest vessels in the world, to determine seaworthiness and compliance with laws — Current Biography > detect may apply to discovering something well hidden, masked, or present only in trace quantities < it was he who first detected the small variations in hundreds of stars closely packed into the globular clusters — Leon Campbell > < the shadowy passages, often hard to detect — J.W.Schaefer > < still feebler is the final sonant, as in bid, bed, bad. So weak is it that few hearers would detect its complete omission — C.H.Grandgent > unearth indicates bringing to light something lost, hidden, or otherwise very hard to trace, often after intensive investigation < and the Index of Design division of the project has unearthed and reproduced many valuable examples of early American design — American Guide Series: Washington > < when a legislative committee began an investigation of the activities of the previous session, the Yazoo land fraud was unearthed — Sidney Warren > learn in this sense may indicate a being told or otherwise acquiring knowledge with little effort or intention < go at once to your father, and learn where you stand — L.C.Douglas > < it is said that the young lieutenant who directed the bombardment was a staunch Episcopalian and that he was horrified when he learned that he had shelled his own church — American Guide Series: Louisiana > Synonym: see in addition reveal .• - discover check |
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