discover
Usage
What are other ways to say discover?
The verb discover is used with objective clauses as a synonym of learn in order to suggest that the new information acquired is surprising to the learner: I discovered that she had been married before. To learn is to add to one's knowledge or information: to learn a language. To ascertain is to verify facts by inquiry or analysis: to ascertain the truth about an event. To detect implies becoming aware of something that had been obscure, secret, or concealed: to detect a flaw in reasoning.
Example Sentences
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Asked why the factory was not ready, given he had been there since 2023, he says, effectively, you only know what you don't know when you discover it.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Have you ever had a wonderful friend, but then gone on vacation with them only to discover that you needed space?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Rebecca leads us on a journey to discover what’s behind the hype.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026
Though Nam Ji-ah looks like Ah-eum, Lee does not believe it is her but together they try to discover what happened to her parents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
But at two weeks this one had yet to discover how unwelcoming was its world: we would need a place for them far removed from other houses.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
If a future astrobiology mission discovers life in Venus' clouds, one possible explanation is that it originally came from Earth.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
It conducts the initial research about the organization being targeted, discovers email accounts belonging to executives, then builds a phishing attack to steal their email login credentials, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
There, Lightning gets to know the town’s colorful cars and discovers that glory isn’t all it’s cracked up to be if you have no one to enjoy it with.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
His condition is both a superpower and a vulnerability, as we see when he discovers a dangerous new skill, cracking safes, with his unique ability to hear the tumblers of the lock moving internally.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
She discovers a yam store and begins to knit for the coming winter, making Gogol sweaters, blankets, mittens, and caps.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
A woman whose dead father was discovered at an undertaker's three months after his funeral says her hellish ordeal has "crucified" her.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
America’s first permanent federal bankruptcy law, enacted in 1898, was designed for businesses, but individuals discovered its benefits, as Mary Eschelbach Hansen and Bradley A. Hansen explain in “Bankrupt in America.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The newly discovered buoyancy system could also contribute to efforts to develop smart materials made with resilin.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
The search was widened to "the whole city" after the vehicle was discovered abandoned in the vast Tiergarten park.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
The moment Danny returned, he discovered Llewelyn tucked into his own bed.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Red Bull have confirmed the appointment of the Mercedes driver scout involved in discovering Kimi Antonelli to head up their young driver programme.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Magic fans play and collect for years, Cocks said, adding that he himself has been an engaged fan for more than 30 years, since discovering the game at a comic store in college.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
More people are discovering that they can follow every headline, understand every threat and still have nowhere to put the fear.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Van der Velden says that reviewing different AI-generated versions of a scene can sometimes feel like discovering an unexpectedly inspired take from a human actor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
“Kind of late to be discovering this, no?”
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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