discovers

VERB

find, uncover

Synonyms

STRONGEST

catch come upon design detect determine devise disclose explore hear identify invent learn locate notice observe realize recognize reveal see spot unearth

STRONG

ascertain conceive contrive debunk discern distinguish elicit espy glimpse originate perceive pioneer sense

WEAK

bring to light come across dig up ferret out get wind of get wise to light upon look up nose out pick up on smoke out think of turn up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conceal hide ignore lose miss misunderstand neglect overlook

STRONG

destroy

WEAK

pass by

Example Sentences

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The episode title itself, "The Gang Discovers Who Killed Jeffrey Epstein," is intentionally misleading – the gang doesn't get to the bottom of that mystery but not for lack of extreme effort.

From Salon • May 28, 2020

The seventh, and now final, episode of The Good Fight’s fourth season is titled “The Gang Discovers Who Killed Jeffrey Epstein,” and it starts with them investigating just that.

From Slate • May 28, 2020

Steinman is the author of several books, including the memoir "The Souvenir: A Daughter Discovers Her Father's War."

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2015

Colorado Town, United by Dying Boy’s Plight, Discovers Baffling Hoax GYPSUM, Colo. — For a brief, poignant stretch of autumn, people in this mountain town found inspiration in a dying boy named Alex Jordan.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2012

What other man, deep further in the fate, Who, turning at the prize of a foot-fall To flatter him and promise fellowship, Discovers in the act a frightful face— Judas, made monstrous by much solitude!

From An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry by Corson, Hiram