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==English==

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{transitive|obsolete}} To remove the [[cover]] from; to [[uncover]] (a head, building etc.).
# {{transitive|now|_|rare}} To [[expose]], [[uncover]].
#: ''The gust of wind '''discovered''' a bone in the sand.''
# {{transitive|chess}} To [[create]] by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
#: ''This move '''discovers''' an attack on a vital pawn.''
# {{transitive|archaic}} To [[reveal]] (information); to [[divulge]], make known.
#: ''I '''discovered''' my plans to the rest of the team.''
# {{transitive|obsolete}} To [[reconnoitre]], [[explore]] (an area).
#* '''1485''', Sir Thomas Malory, ''Le Morte Darthur'', Book V:
#*: they seyde the same, and were aggreed that Sir Clegis, Sir Claryon, and Sir Clement the noble, that they sholde '''dyscover''' the woodys, bothe the dalys and the downys.
# To [[find]] something for the first time.
#: ''Turning the corner, I '''discovered''' a lovely little shop.''

===Adverbs for Discover===
finally; subsequently; readily; traitorously; astoundingly; amazingly;   spectacularly; startlingly; thrillingly; remarkably; stupendously; trivially; miraculously; scientifically; painfully; revolutionizingly;  astonishingly ; momentously. 

===Synonyms for Discover===
* {{sense|expose something previously covered}} [[expose]], [[reveal]], [[uncover]]
* {{sense|find something for the first time}} [[come across]], [[find]]
* [[disclose]], [[invent]], [[descry]], [[detect]], [[discern]], [[ascertain]], [[contrive]], [[manifest]], [[realize]],  [[unearth]], [[elicit]], [[stumble upon]].

===Antonyms for Discover===
* {{sense|expose something previously covered}} [[conceal]], [[cover]], [[cover up]], [[hide]]
* [[mask]], [[secrete]], [[screen]], [[disguise]], [[bury]], [[cover]], [[cloak]], [[suppress]].

===Derived terms===
* [[discovery]]
* [[discovered attack]]
* [[discovered check]]

===Thesaurus===
[[advertise]], [[ascertain]], [[bare]], [[be informed]], [[become acquainted with]], [[beget]], [[behold]], [[betray]], [[break the seal]], [[breed]], [[bring forth]], [[bring into being]], [[bring to light]], [[broaden the mind]], [[call into being]], [[catch on]], [[catch sight of]], [[clap eyes on]], [[coin]], [[conceive]], [[concoct]], [[contrive]], [[cook up]], [[cram the mind]], [[debunk]], [[descry]], [[design]], [[detect]], [[determine]], [[develop]], [[devise]], [[dig up]], [[discern]], [[disclose]], [[dismask]], [[distinguish]], [[divulge]], [[draw the veil]], [[dream up]], [[encounter]], [[engender]], [[espy]], [[evolve]], [[expose]], [[fabricate]], [[ferret out]], [[find]], [[find out]], [[find out about]], [[frame]], [[gain knowledge]], [[generate]], [[get]], [[get hold of]], [[get wise to]], [[give away]], [[give being to]], [[give rise to]], [[glimpse]], [[hatch]], [[have in sight]], [[hear]], [[hit]], [[hunt down]], [[identify]], [[impart]], [[improvise]], [[innovate]], [[introduce]], [[introduce new blood]], [[invent]], [[ken]], [[lay bare]], [[lay eyes on]], [[lay open]], [[learn]], [[learn about]], [[let daylight in]], [[let out]], [[load the mind]], [[locate]], [[look on]], [[look upon]], [[make do with]], [[make innovations]], [[make out]], [[make up]], [[manifest]], [[mature]], [[meet with]], [[mint]], [[mouth]], [[neologize]], [[note]], [[notice]], [[observe]], [[open]], [[open up]], [[originate]], [[perceive]], [[pick out]], [[pick up information]], [[pioneer]], [[plan]], [[proclaim]], [[procreate]], [[publish]], [[raise the curtain]], [[recognize]], [[rediscover]], [[reveal]], [[revolutionize]], [[root out]], [[run down]], [[run to earth]], [[search out]], [[see]], [[show]], [[show up]], [[sight]], [[smoke out]], [[spawn]], [[spill]], [[spot]], [[spy]], [[strike]], [[strike out]], [[strip bare]], [[take in]], [[tell]], [[think out]], [[think up]], [[trace]], [[trace down]], [[track down]], [[tumble]], [[turn up]], [[twig]], [[uncloak]], [[uncover]], [[undrape]], [[undress]], [[unearth]], [[unfold]], [[unfurl]], [[unkennel]], [[unmask]], [[unpack]], [[unroll]], [[unscreen]], [[unsheathe]], [[unshroud]], [[unveil]], [[unwrap]], [[view]], [[witness]]

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|fro}} {{term|descovrir}}, from {{etyl|la}} {{term|discooperio|discooperiō|lang=la}} < {{term|dis-}} + {{term|cooperio|cooperiō}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/dɪsˈkʌvə/}}, {{SAMPA|/dIs"kVv@/}}
* {{a|GenAm}} {{IPA|/dɪsˈkʌvɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/dIs"kVv@`/}}
* {{audio|en-us-discover.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{rhymes|ʌvə(r)}}

==Translations==
{{trans-top|expose something previously covered}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|намирам}}
* [[Catalan]]: {{t|ca|descobrir}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|暴露|tr=bàolù|sc=Hani}}
* Dutch: {{t-|nl|blootleggen}}, {{t+|nl|onthullen}}
* Esperanto: {{t-|eo|malkovri|xs=Esperanto}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|paljastaa}}
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* Georgian: {{t|ka|მიაგნო}} (miagno)
* Russian: {{t+|ru|раскрывать|tr=raskryvát'}} {{impf}}, {{t+|ru|раскрыть|tr=raskrýt'}} {{pf.}}, {{t|ru|обнаруживать|tr=obnarúživat'|sc=Cyrl}} {{impf}}, {{t|ru|обнаружить|tr=obnarúžit'|sc=Cyrl}} {{pf.}}
* [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|rùisg|xs=Scottish Gaelic}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|avslöja}}, {{t|sv|upptäcka}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|darganfod}}
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{{trans-top|find something for the first time}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|اكتشف|tr=iktashafa}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|откривам}}
* [[Catalan]]: {{t+|ca|descobrir}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|zh|發現|sc=Hani}}, {{t|zh|发现|tr=fāxiàn|sc=Hani}}, {{t|zh|發覺|sc=Hani}}, {{t|zh|发觉|tr=fājué|sc=Hani}} (also spelled: [[發見]]/[[发见]]), {{t|zh|查出|tr=cháchū|sc=Hani}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|objevit}}
* Danish: {{t-|da|opdage}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|ontdekken}}
* Esperanto: {{t-|eo|malkovri|xs=Esperanto}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|löytää}}
* French: {{t+|fr|découvrir}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|აღმოაჩინო}} (agh'moa'chino)
* German: {{t+|de|entdecken}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|scoprire}},  {{t-|it|discoprire}}
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* Japanese: {{t|ja|発見する|tr=はっけんする, hakken-suru}},  {{t|ja|見つける|tr=みつける, mitsukeru|sc=Jpan}}
* Latin: {{t|la|detego}}, {{t|la|invenio}}
* Polish: [[odkrywać]] / [[odkryć]]
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|descobrir}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|descoperi}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|открывать|tr=otkryvát'}} {{impf}}, {{t+|ru|открыть|tr=otkrýt'}} {{pf.}}, {{t|ru|обнаруживать|tr=obnarúživat'|sc=Cyrl}} {{impf}}, {{t|ru|обнаружить|tr=obnarúžit'|sc=Cyrl}} {{pf.}}
* [[Scots]]: {{tø|sco|diskiver|xs=Scots}}
* [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|faigh a-mach|xs=Scottish Gaelic}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|descubrir}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|upptäcka}}
* {{trreq|el}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|کشف کردن|tr=kašf kardan|sc=fa-Arab}}
* {{trreq|hy}}
* {{trreq|tr}}
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{{checktrans-top}}
* {{ttbc|ca}}: [[descobrir]]
* {{ttbc|el}}: [[ανακαλύπτω]]
* {{ttbc|he}}: [[לחשוף]] (lakhsof) (1); [[לגלות]] (legalot) (2)
* {{ttbc|io}}: [[des-kovrar]]
* {{ttbc|it}}: [[scoprire]]
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* {{ttbc|ml}}: [[കണ്ടുപിടിയ്ക്കുക]] (kantupitiykkuka)
* {{ttbc|no}}: <!--do not wikify--> [[oppdage]]
* {{ttbc|pt}}: [[descobrir]]
* {{ttbc|ro}}: [[descoperi]]
* {{ttbc|sc}}: [[scoberri]]
* {{ttbc|scn}}: [[scopriri]] (1), [[addunarisi]] (2)
* {{ttbc|sl}}: [[odkriti]]
* {{ttbc|te}}: [[కనిపెట్టు]] (kanipeTTu)
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===Anagrams===
* [[divorces#English|divorces]], [[divorcés#English|divorcés]]