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discover [v]

1)	discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"

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detect find notice observe

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sight notice discoverer discovery breakthrough discovery finding determination beholder observation observation observation catching detector detector detecting catch_out sense instantiate trace see

2)	make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"

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conceive breakthrough discovery finding artificer discovery ascertain detect

3)	get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"

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find_out get_a_line get_wind get_word hear learn pick_up see

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discovery breakthrough discovery get_the_goods wise_up catch ascertain find

4)	make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"

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5)	find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

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attain chance_on chance_upon come_across come_upon fall_upon happen_upon light_upon strike

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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; "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"

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break bring_out disclose divulge expose give_away impart let_on let_out reveal

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break tell giveaway conveyance divulgement exposure expose discovery revelation disclosure blackwash muckrake blow out come_out spring betray confide leak babble reveal

7)	see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered the North Pole?"

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comprehend discovery breakthrough discovery rediscover

8)	identify as in botany or biology, for example

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describe distinguish identify key key_out name

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assort name naming designation identity

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