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According to WordNet, the verb "discover" has 8 sense(s).

200933821 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".

202128066 see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered the North Pole?".

200598954 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".

200721437 make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover".

202286687 find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake".

200652346 identify as in botany or biology, for example.

201637982 make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle".

202154508 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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