discover

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[change] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪsˈkʌvə/, SAMPA: /dIs"kVv@/
• (US) IPA: /dɪsˈkʌvɚ/, SAMPA: /dIs"kVv@`/
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[change] Verb

Plain form discover

Third-person singular discovers

Past tense discovered

Past participle discovered

Present participle discovering

1. (transitive) To find a new idea that was not known before, or to find a thing that was not known about before.

   Doctors want to discover a cure for cancer.

   Einstein discovered that E = mc²

   Christopher Columbus is famous for discovering the Americas.

[change] Related words

• discoverer
• discovery