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Meaning of discover | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent

Definitions

  1. To find or learn something for the first time
  2. Discover Card, a brand of credit card.
    US
  3. 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
  4. To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.)
  5. Discover magazine, a general audience science magazine launched in 1980.
  6. To notice or learn, especially by making an effort: got home and discovered that the furnace wasn't working.
  7. To expose, uncover
  8. To be the first, or the first of one's group or kind, to find, learn of, or observe.
  9. To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack
  10. To learn something about: discovered him to be an impostor; discovered the brake to be defective.
  11. To question (a person) as part of discovery in a lawsuit
  12. To identify (a person) as a potentially prominent performer: a movie star who was discovered in a drugstore by a producer.
  13. Archaic To reveal or expose.
    Archaic
  14. to be the first to find or find out about: Fleming discovered penicillin.
  15. to learn about or encounter for the first time; realize: she discovered the pleasures of wine.
  16. to find after study or search: I discovered a leak in the tank.
  17. to reveal or make known

Equivalents

العربية إكتشف اكتشف
Azərbaycanca kəşf etmək
Bosanski kite
Català descobrir
Cymraeg darganfod
Dansk opdage
Esperanto malkovri trovi
Français Découvrir dévoiler
Gàidhlig faigh a-mach ruisg
עברית גלה
Hrvatski kite
Íslenska uppgötva
Қазақша ашу табу
ខ្មែរ សង្កេតឃើញ
Kurdî kite
Кыргызча ачуу
Lietuvių atrasti
Latviešu atklāt
Te Reo Māori kite tūhura
Bahasa Melayu menemui
Português descobrir
Română descoperi
Shqip zbuloj
Српски kite
Тоҷикӣ ёфтан
ไทย ค้นพบ
Tagalog tuklas
Türkçe keşfetmek

CEFR level

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