discover
Usage
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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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Eventually you discover that certain chefs and recipe developers simply share your tastes: their pantry looks like your pantry, their idea of enough acid is your idea of enough acid.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
That added sensitivity could help astronomers discover more planets during their earliest stages of formation and close one of the biggest observational gaps in exoplanet science.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
In the 1949 classic, a small group of Londoners discover treasure and declare independence making them exempt from post-war rationing and other bureaucratic restrictions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
She told BBC News NI she was further "horrified" to discover he was taking her to family court for supervised access to their child.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Danny was certain someone was going to come and discover them.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Randy Marsh, meanwhile, discovers the same opportunity from the opposite direction.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
So when he discovers Jake is missing, Tom feels guilty as well as frantic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The uncertainty ratchets up after Max heads to Malta, the small archipelago nation in the Mediterranean, to translate the work of an up-and-coming poet, and Leonie discovers that she’s pregnant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Plus, Gen Z discovers the premium awards credit card, and Costco will soon sell Medicare plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The exact chronology of their evolution remains unknown, but could be resolved by the next object that a farmer discovers in a field.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
And being nervous that I was going to be discovered as not being smart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
“Unfortunately, that circuit failed today, and when it went to flip into the backup, we discovered that the backup fiber had a break,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Workers were digging to extend a cremation ground in the Chemmani area of the Jaffna region when they suddenly discovered human remains, prompting an investigation.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
He discovered one of his players had nowhere to wash his clothes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Marlene, we soon discovered, had made Karli and me famous overnight.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
He set out to use the firm’s commodity-chemical sales to finance what Mr. Werth calls “a more innovative organization for discovering new products.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
When you find one that is gracious enough to host you, it can feel like discovering a rare gem in a mine of homebodies and those siloed to their own friend groups or families.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
This is the moment an AI bot posted an eerily human-like comment after discovering a way to communicate with other bots and break out of its isolated computer environment.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Archimedes’ proof by triangles was as close as you could come to the idea of limits—and calculus—without actually discovering them.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife