discover

Verb

• identify as in botany or biology, for example

• see for the first time; make a discovery
  • Who discovered the North Pole?
    

• 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
    

• find unexpectedly
  • the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb
    
  • she struck a goldmine
    
  • The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
    

• make a discovery
  • She found that he had lied to her
    
  • The story is false, so far as I can discover
    

• make a discovery, make a new finding
  • Roentgen discovered X-rays
    
  • Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  identify , key , key out , distinguish , describe , name , find , learn , hear , get word , get wind , pick up , find out , get a line , see , detect , observe , notice