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How to pronounce discover in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms detect, find, notice, observe
Type of spy, sight
Has types instantiate, trace, sense, find out, see, catch out
Verb group find
Derivation discovery, discoverer
Type Words
Synonyms describe, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name
Type Words
Synonyms find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see
Has types wise up, get the goods, trip up, ascertain, catch, find
Verb group witness, see, find
Derivation discovery
Type Words
Synonyms break, bring out, disclose, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap
Type of tell
Has types babble, out, peach, confide, reveal, leak, let the cat out of the bag, muckrake, babble out, spring, blab, talk, tattle, bewray, betray, come out of the closet, come out, blow, sing, blackwash, blab out, spill the beans
Verb group get out, break, get around
Derivation discovery
Type Words
Synonyms attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike
Type of find, regain
Derivation discovery
Type Words
Synonyms find
Type of get a line, see, get word, learn, pick up, hear, find out, get wind
Has types rake up, ferret, ferret out
Verb group find
Derivation discovery


The story is false, so far as I can discover.
Type Words
Synonyms find
Type of conceptualise, gestate, conceive, conceptualize
Verb group find, detect, determine, ascertain, find out, notice, observe
Derivation discovery, discoverer


Roentgen discovered X-rays.
Type Words
Has types rediscover
Derivation discovery


Who discovered the North Pole?.

Examples of discover

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So why did what they discover relate more to Valentine's Day than actual racing?
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Like Ann Principe, you may discover an overlooked solution to a medical problem.
From the businessweek.com
Use your experience with others to help you discover how much you have to offer.
From the suntimes.com
In this case it helped us to discover a completely new type of celestial object.
From the sciencedaily.com
Some of these should help her to discover what kind of work might suit her best.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Pity, we will now have to wait 10 days to discover how significant that all was.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Discover what befell the wartime parachutist who landed in the ruined cloisters.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Researchers examined the carcass for signs of trauma but could not discover any.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Therefore it must go where things are unexplained to try and discover the facts.
From the newscientist.com
More examples
  • Detect: 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"
  • Learn: 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"
  • Make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
  • Make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
  • Fall upon: find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
  • Unwrap: 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 ...
  • Digital Interactive Systems Corporation (or DISCover) is a company specializing in gaming technology for PCs. They are the creators of the DISCover technology which allow PC games to be played like a video game console. ...
  • DisCover is the first album by Serbian hard rock band Cactus Jack.
  • The Discover Card is a major credit card, issued primarily in the United States. It was originally introduced by Sears in 1985, and was part of Dean Witter, and then Morgan Stanley, until 2007, when Discover Financial Services became an independent company. ...