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discover v. [
detect, observe, find, notice] 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"
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discover v. [
learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, see] 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"
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discover v. [
find] make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
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discover v. [
find] make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
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discover v. [
fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain] find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
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