Definition

1. Verb:

   • To discover: To find or become aware of something for the first time, especially something hidden, unknown, or not previously recognized.
   • To detect: To notice or identify the presence of something, often something subtle, concealed, or wrong.

2. Noun:

   • A discovery: The act of finding something new or the thing that is found.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Nhà khảo cổ phát hiện một ngôi mộ cổ. (The archaeologist discovered an ancient tomb.)
  • Cảnh sát phát hiện kẻ gian lận. (The police detected the fraudster.)
  • Bác sĩ phát hiện bệnh sớm. (The doctor detected the disease early.)

• Noun:

  • Phát hiện này làm thay đổi khoa học. (This discovery changed science.)
  • Anh ấy công bố một phát hiện quan trọng. (He announced an important discovery.)

Advanced Usage

• Used in formal, academic, journalistic, and investigative contexts to describe finding evidence, truths, or new information.
• Often implies a process of searching or careful observation leading to the find.

Variants and Related Words

• Tìm ra (v): To find out, to figure out. (Less formal than "phát hiện").
• Khám phá (v): To explore, to uncover. (Often implies a broader process of exploration leading to discovery).

Synonyms

• Discover: To find something unexpectedly or in the course of a search.
• Detect: To discover or identify the presence of something.
• Find out: To learn a fact or piece of information.
• Uncover: To discover something hidden.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Phát hiện ra sự thật: To discover the truth.
  • Nhà báo phát hiện ra sự thật đằng sau vụ bê bối. (The journalist discovered the truth behind the scandal.)
• Phát hiện kịp thời: To detect in a timely manner.
  • Phát hiện kịp thời có thể ngăn ngừa thảm họa. (Timely detection can prevent a disaster.)

1. Discover, excavate
   • Phát hiện nhiều mũi tên đồng ở Cổ Loa
     To excavate many brass arrow-heads at Coloa