transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪskʌvə(r) ]
( discovers, discovering, discovered)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you discover something that you did not know about before, you become aware of it or learn of it.
She discovered that they’d escaped...
It was difficult for the inspectors to discover which documents were important...
Haskell did not live to discover the deception...
It was discovered that the tapes were missing.
= find out, learn
VERB : V that , V wh , V n , it be V-ed that
2.
If a person or thing is discovered , someone finds them, either by accident or because they have been looking for them.
A few days later his badly beaten body was discovered on a roadside outside the city.
= find
VERB : be V-ed , also V n
3.
When someone discovers a new place, substance, scientific fact, or scientific technique, they are the first person to find it or become aware of it.
...the first European to discover America...
They discovered how to form the image in a thin layer on the surface.
VERB : V n , V wh , also V that
• dis‧cov‧er‧er
(discoverers)
...the myth of Columbus as the heroic discoverer of the Americas 500 years ago.
N-COUNT : oft N of n
4.
If you say that someone has discovered a particular activity or subject, you mean that they have tried doing it or studying it for the first time and that they enjoyed it.
I wish I’d discovered photography when I was younger...
VERB : V n
5.
When a actor, musician, or other performer who is not well-known is discovered , someone recognizes that they have talent and helps them in their career.
The Beatles were discovered in the early 1960’s.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed