(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something that you did not know about before, you become aware of it or learn of it.
She ~ed that they’d escaped...
It was difficult for the inspectors to ~ which documents were important...
Haskell did not live to ~ the deception...
It was ~ed 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 ~ed, someone finds them, either by accident or because they have been looking for them.
A few days later his badly beaten body was ~ed on a roadside outside the city.
= find
VERB: be V-ed, also V n
3.
When someone ~s 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 ~ America...
They ~ed how to form the image in a thin layer on the surface.
VERB: V n, V wh, also V that
~er (~ers)
...the myth of Columbus as the heroic ~er of the Americas 500 years ago.
N-COUNT: oft N of n
4.
If you say that someone has ~ed 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 ~ed photography when I was younger...
VERB: V n
5.
When a actor, musician, or other performer who is not well-known is ~ed, someone recognizes that they have talent and helps them in their career.
The Beatles were ~ed in the early 1960’s.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed