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discoverdiscover /dɪˈskʌvɚ/ ●●● S2 W1 verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYdiscoverOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French descovrir, from Late Latin discooperire to uncover VERB TABLEdiscover |
| Present | I, you, we, they | discover | | he, she, it | discovers | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | discovered | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have discovered | | he, she, it | has discovered | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had discovered | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will discover | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have discovered |
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| Present | I | am discovering | | he, she, it | is discovering | | you, we, they | are discovering | | Past | I, he, she, it | was discovering | | you, we, they | were discovering | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been discovering | | he, she, it | has been discovering | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been discovering | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be discovering | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been discovering |
THESAURUSdiscover by searching/chance► find to see or get something, either by searching for it or by chance: I found a wallet in the parking lot. Have you found your plane ticket yet? ► discover to find something that was hidden or that people did not know about before: Some hikers discovered dinosaur bones near the river. ► locate to find the exact position of something: We couldn’t locate the source of the radio signal. ► detect to notice or discover something that is not easy to see, hear, etc.: The test can detect cancer at an early stage in the disease. ► uncover to discover something that has been kept secret or hidden: His daughter is trying to uncover the truth about his past. ► unearth to find out information or the truth about something that has been hidden for a long time: It was years before the full story was unearthed. ► track somebody/something down to find someone or something after searching in different places: Detectives finally tracked her down in California. ► trace to find someone or something that has disappeared: The police are trying to trace the person who left the baby at the hospital. ► turn something up informal to find something by searching for it thoroughly: The investigation hasn’t turned up any new evidence. ► stumble on/across (also come across) to find something by accident: Pye stumbled on the story when he was researching a book about New York in the early 1900s. 1to find that something exists, when no one else has found it before: The island was first discovered by Captain Cook. Scientists believe that they may have discovered a cure for the disease. → see also invent2to find someone or something that was lost or hidden: Police discovered 500 pounds of dynamite in the house.► see thesaurus at find13to find out information that you did not know about before: discover that He soon discovered that the job wasn’t as easy as he’d expected.discover who/what/how etc. Did you ever discover who sent you the flowers?4to notice or try something for the first time and start to enjoy it: At 14, Veronica discovered boys.5to notice someone who is very good at something and help him or her to become successful and well-known: She used to go to Hollywood parties, hoping to be discovered. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French descovrir, from Late Latin discooperire to uncover]—discoverer noun [countable] |