verb : DISCOVERED
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint" ;
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2. (
) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted" ;
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3. (
) make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle" ;
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4. (
) make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover" ;
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5. (
- fall_upon ,
- strike ,
- come_upon ,
- light_upon ,
- chance_upon ,
- come_across ,
- chance_on ,
- happen_upon ,
- attain ,
- discover
) find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake" ;
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6. (
- unwrap ,
- disclose ,
- let_on ,
- bring_out ,
- reveal ,
- discover ,
- expose ,
- divulge ,
- break ,
- give_away ,
- let_out ,
- uncover
) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "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" ;
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7. (
) see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered the North Pole?" ;
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8. (
) identify as in botany or biology, for example ;
Adjective : DISCOVERED
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) discovered or determined by scientific observation; "variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors"; "the discovered behavior norms"; "discovered differences in achievement"; "no explanation for the observed phenomena" ;
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