Discover
vverb.perceptiondiscover or determine the existence, presence, or fact ofSynset:detect find notice observe
Examples:- She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water
- We found traces of lead in the paint
Derivationally Related Form:noticedetectingobservancefinddiscovererfinderdiscoverydetectionfindingobservableobservantobservationobserverdetector
Hypernyms:sight spy
Inherited Hypernyms:detectspyperceive
Direct Hyponyms:catch outfind outinstantiateseesensetrace
Full Troponyms:find outinstantiateseesensetrace
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE
vverb.cognitionget to know or become aware of, usually accidentallySynset:find out get a line get wind get word hear learn pick up see
Examples:- I learned that she has two grown-up children
- I see that you have been promoted
Derivationally Related Form:discovery
Inherited Hypernyms:learn
Direct Hyponyms:ascertaincatchdiscoverfindget the goodstrip upwise up
Full Troponyms:ascertaindiscoverferret outget the goodspricerake uptrip upwise up
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE (apply to: discover, learn, see, hear) | Somebody ---s PP (apply to: get wind, get a line) | Somebody ---s (apply to: get word) | They --- that there was a traffic accident (apply to: get word, find out, discover, learn, hear)
vverb.creationmake a discovery, make a new findingSynset:find
Examples:- Roentgen discovered X-rays
- Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle
Derivationally Related Form:discoveryfindingfinddiscoverer
Hypernyms:conceive conceptualise conceptualize gestate
Inherited Hypernyms:discovergestatecreate by mental actmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE
vverb.cognitionmake a discoverySynset:find
Examples:- She found that he had lied to her
- The story is false, so far as I can discover
Derivationally Related Form:discoveryfind
Hypernyms:discover find out get a line get wind get word hear learn pick up see
Inherited Hypernyms:discoverlearn
Direct Hyponyms:ferretferret outrake up
Full Troponyms:ferret outrake up
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s that CLAUSE
vverb.possessionfind unexpectedlySynset:attain chance on chance upon come across come upon fall upon happen upon light upon strike
Examples:- the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb
- she struck a goldmine
- The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
Derivationally Related Form:discovery
Hypernyms:find regain
Inherited Hypernyms:fall uponfindget
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationmake known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secretSynset:break bring out disclose divulge expose give away let on let out reveal uncover unwrap
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:revealingdisclosuredivulgencediscoverygiveawayexposerevelationexposuredivulgement
Hypernyms:tell
Inherited Hypernyms:unwraptellinformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:babblebabble outbetraybewrayblabblab outblackwashblowcome outcome out of the closetconfideleaklet the cat out of the bagmuckrakeoutpeachrevealsingspill the beansspringtalktattle
Causes:break get around get out
Full Troponyms:betrayblackwashblowcome out of the closetconfideleakmuckrakeoutrevealspill the beansspringunbosom
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something to somebody | They --- that there was a traffic accident (apply to: divulge, let on, disclose, give away, reveal)
vverb.perceptionsee for the first time; make a discoveryExamples:- Who discovered the North Pole?
Derivationally Related Form:discovery
Inherited Hypernyms:discover
Direct Hyponyms:rediscover
Entailment:comprehend perceive
Full Troponyms:rediscover
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.cognitionidentify as in botany or biology, for exampleSynset:describe distinguish identify key key out name
Derivationally Related Form:namenamingidentityidentifiableidentification
Inherited Hypernyms:identify
Entailment:assort class classify separate sort out sort
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s something