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Meaning of discover | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. a voyage of discovery; She made several startling discoveries. uitvind إكْتِشاف откривам descoberta objev(ení); zjištění die Entdeckung opdagelse ανακάλυψηdescubrimiento, hallazgo avastus اکتشاف؛ کشف löytö découverteגילוי खोज, शोध, अन्वेषण pronaći felfedezés penemuan uppgötvun scoperta 発見 발견 atradimas atklājums; atklāšana menerokai ontdekkingoppdagelseodkrycie کشف descoberta decoperire открытие objav odkritje otkriti upptäckt ค้นพบ keşif, buluş 發現 виявляти دریافت کرنا khám phá 发现
  2. To notice or learn, especially by making an effort: got home and discovered that the furnace wasn't working.
  3. To be the first, or the first of one's group or kind, to find, learn of, or observe.
  4. To learn something about: discovered him to be an impostor; discovered the brake to be defective.
  5. To identify (a person) as a potentially prominent performer: a movie star who was discovered in a drugstore by a producer.
  6. Archaic To reveal or expose.
    Archaic
  7. to be the first to find or find out about: Fleming discovered penicillin.
  8. to learn about or encounter for the first time; realize: she discovered the pleasures of wine.
  9. to find after study or search: I discovered a leak in the tank.
  10. to reveal or make known

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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