discover
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
find or learn something new through exploration or investigation
Framework senses
- §1
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- §2
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- §3
- make a discovery
- §4
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- §5
- make a discovery, make a new finding
- §6
- see for the first time
- §7
- discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
- §8
- find unexpectedly