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discover, v.
(discovered, discovering, discovers)
freq. cnt. 87

get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
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discover find out get a line get wind get word hear learn pick up see

sample sentences

"I learned that she has two grown-up children"
"I see that you have been promoted"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident

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Somebody ----s something
They %s that there was a traffic accident

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Somebody ----s something

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They %s that there was a traffic accident

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Somebody ----s something
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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

discovery discovery discovery

semantic pointers

hyponym

get the goods wise up trip up, catch ascertain find, discover

verb group

see, find, witness

discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
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detect discover find notice observe

sample sentences

"She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"
"We found traces of lead in the paint"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

find finding finding finder

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observable observant observation observance observation observation observer

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notice

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detection detecting detector detector

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discovery discovery discovery discoverer

semantic pointers

hyponym

find out, catch out sense instantiate trace see

verb group

find, discover

hypernym

sight, spy

make a discovery, make a new finding
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discover find

sample sentences

"Roentgen discovered X-rays"
"Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

find find finding

lexical pointers

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discovery discovery discovery discoverer

semantic pointers

verb group

find, discover determine, find, find out, ascertain find, observe, notice, detect, discover

hypernym

conceive, gestate, conceptualize, conceptualise

make a discovery
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 45 freq. cnt.: 29 freq. cnt.: 16

discover find

sample sentences

"She found that he had lied to her"
"The story is false, so far as I can discover"

verb frames

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

find

also see

find out

lexical pointers

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discovery discovery discovery

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hypernym

hear, learn, see, discover, find out, pick up, get word, get wind, get a line

hyponym

rake up ferret out, ferret

verb group

find, discover

find unexpectedly
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attain chance on chance upon come across come upon discover fall upon happen upon light upon strike

sample sentences

"the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"
"she struck a goldmine"
"The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

discovery discovery

semantic pointers

hypernym

find, regain

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
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break bring out disclose discover divulge expose give away let on let out reveal uncover unwrap

sample sentences

"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 to her"
"unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
"The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

disclosure

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revelation revealing

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exposure expose

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discovery

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giveaway

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divulgement divulgence

semantic pointers

hyponym

blackwash muckrake blow out come out of the closet, out, come out spring betray, bewray confide leak talk, blab, sing, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, tattle, peach, babble, babble out, blab out reveal

cause

get around, break, get out

verb group

get around, break, get out

hypernym

tell

see for the first time; make a discovery
<verb.perception> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

discover

sample sentences

"Who discovered the North Pole?"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

discovery discovery discovery

semantic pointers

entailment

perceive, comprehend

hyponym

rediscover

identify as in botany or biology, for example
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describe discover distinguish identify key key out name