Discover

//dɪˈskʌvə//

Synonyms for "discover" (233 found)

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Closest matches (47)

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Translations

256 translations across 82 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • zbuloj verb (find something for the first time)
  • zbuloj verb (expose something previously covered)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ἐξευρίσκω verb (find something for the first time)
  • ἐξευρίσκω verb (expose something previously covered)

Arabic

4 entries
  • اكتشف verb (find something for the first time)
  • اكتشف verb (expose something previously covered)
  • اَكتشف verb (find something for the first time)
  • اَكتشف verb (find something for the first time)

Armenian

2 entries
  • բացահայտել verb (expose something previously covered)
  • հայտնաբերել verb (find something for the first time)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • discoapir verb (find something for the first time)
  • discoapir verb (expose something previously covered)

Asturian

2 entries
  • descubrir verb (find something for the first time)
  • descubrir verb (expose something previously covered)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • kəşf etmək verb (find something for the first time)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • адкры́ць verb (find something for the first time)
  • адкры́ць verb (expose something previously covered)
  • адкрыва́ць verb (find something for the first time)
  • адкрыва́ць verb (expose something previously covered)

Breton

1 entries
  • dizoloiñ verb (find something for the first time)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • наме́ря verb (expose something previously covered)
  • нами́рам verb (expose something previously covered)
  • откри́вам verb (find something for the first time)
  • откри́вам verb (expose something previously covered)

Catalan

2 entries
  • descobrir verb (find something for the first time)
  • descobrir verb (expose something previously covered)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 發現 /发现 verb (find something for the first time)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 暴露 verb (expose something previously covered)
  • 查出 verb (find something for the first time)
  • 發現 /发现 verb (find something for the first time)
  • 發覺 /发觉 verb (find something for the first time)

Cornish

2 entries
  • trovya verb (find something for the first time)
  • trovya verb (expose something previously covered)

Czech

4 entries
  • objevit verb (find something for the first time)
  • objevit verb (expose something previously covered)
  • objevovat verb (find something for the first time)
  • objevovat verb (expose something previously covered)

Danish

1 entries
  • opdage verb (find something for the first time)

Dutch

3 entries
  • blootleggen verb (expose something previously covered)
  • ontdekken verb (find something for the first time)
  • onthullen verb (expose something previously covered)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • gm-m verb (expose something previously covered)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • malkovri verb (find something for the first time)
  • malkovri verb (expose something previously covered)
  • trovi verb (find something for the first time)

Estonian

2 entries
  • avastama verb (find something for the first time)
  • tuvastama verb (find something for the first time)

Finnish

2 entries
  • löytää verb (find something for the first time)
  • paljastaa verb (expose something previously covered)

French

3 entries
  • découvrir verb (find something for the first time)
  • découvrir verb (expose something previously covered)
  • dévoiler verb (expose something previously covered)

Friulian

4 entries
  • discuverzi verb (find something for the first time)
  • discuviergi verb (expose something previously covered)
  • discuvierzi verb (expose something previously covered)
  • scuvierzi verb (find something for the first time)

Galician

4 entries
  • descobrir verb (find something for the first time)
  • descobrir verb (expose something previously covered)
  • descubrir verb (find something for the first time)
  • descubrir verb (expose something previously covered)

Georgian

4 entries
  • აღმოჩენა verb (find something for the first time)
  • აღმოჩენა verb (expose something previously covered)
  • მიგნება verb (find something for the first time)
  • მიგნება verb (expose something previously covered)

German

4 entries
  • dabei sein verb (expose something previously covered)
  • entdecken verb (find something for the first time)
  • erfahren verb (expose something previously covered)
  • erleben verb (expose something previously covered)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 verb (expose something previously covered)
  • 𐌿𐍆𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 verb (expose something previously covered)

Greek

2 entries
  • ανακαλύπτω verb (find something for the first time)
  • αποκαλύπτω verb (expose something previously covered)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • גִּלָּה verb (find something for the first time)

Hindi

2 entries
  • खोज करना verb (find something for the first time)
  • खोज निकालना verb (find something for the first time)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • elmond verb (expose something previously covered)
  • elárul verb (expose something previously covered)
  • felfed verb (expose something previously covered)
  • felfedez verb (find something for the first time)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • uppgötva verb (find something for the first time)
  • uppgötva verb (expose something previously covered)

Ido

3 entries
  • deskovrar verb (find something for the first time)
  • deskovrar verb (expose something previously covered)
  • trovar verb (find something for the first time)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • discoperir verb (find something for the first time)

Italian

4 entries
  • discoprire verb (find something for the first time)
  • discoprire verb (expose something previously covered)
  • scoprire verb (find something for the first time)
  • scoprire verb (expose something previously covered)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 発見する verb (find something for the first time)
  • 見つける verb (find something for the first time)

Kabuverdianu

3 entries
  • atxa verb (find something for the first time)
  • atxa verb (expose something previously covered)
  • otxá verb (find something for the first time)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • ашу verb (find something for the first time)
  • табу verb (find something for the first time)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • thōhchūh verb (expose something previously covered)

Khmer

2 entries
  • សង្កេតឃើញ verb (find something for the first time)
  • សង្កេតឃើញ verb (expose something previously covered)

Korean

2 entries
  • 발견하다 verb (expose something previously covered)
  • 찾아내다 verb (expose something previously covered)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • ачуу verb (find something for the first time)

Ladino

2 entries
  • deskuvrir verb (find something for the first time)
  • deskuvrir verb (expose something previously covered)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄົ້ນພົບ verb (find something for the first time)

Latin

4 entries
  • comperiō verb (find something for the first time)
  • dispectō verb (find something for the first time)
  • dispectō verb (expose something previously covered)
  • dispiciō verb (find something for the first time)

Latvian

2 entries
  • atklāt verb (find something for the first time)
  • uzzināt verb (find something for the first time)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • atrasti verb (find something for the first time)
  • sužinoti verb (find something for the first time)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • открива verb (find something for the first time)
  • открива verb (expose something previously covered)
  • открие verb (find something for the first time)
  • открие verb (expose something previously covered)

Malay

1 entries
  • menemui verb (find something for the first time)

Māori

4 entries
  • kite verb (find something for the first time)
  • kite verb (expose something previously covered)
  • tūhura verb (expose something previously covered)
  • whakatōmene verb (expose something previously covered)

Norman

1 entries
  • dêcouvri verb (find something for the first time)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • oppdage verb (find something for the first time)

Occitan

4 entries
  • descobrir verb (find something for the first time)
  • descobrir verb (expose something previously covered)
  • descubrir verb (find something for the first time)
  • descubrir verb (expose something previously covered)

Old English

2 entries
  • onfindan verb (find something for the first time)
  • onfindan verb (expose something previously covered)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • كشف ایتمك verb (find something for the first time)

Persian

3 entries
  • آشکار کردن verb (expose something previously covered)
  • کشف کردن verb (find something for the first time)
  • یافتن verb (find something for the first time)

Polish

4 entries
  • odkrywać verb (find something for the first time)
  • odkrywać verb (expose something previously covered)
  • odkryć verb (find something for the first time)
  • odkryć verb (expose something previously covered)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • descobrir verb (find something for the first time)
  • descobrir verb (expose something previously covered)

Romanian

2 entries
  • descoperi verb (find something for the first time)
  • descoperi verb (expose something previously covered)

Romansch

1 entries
  • scuvrir verb (find something for the first time)

Russian

4 entries
  • обнару́живать verb (find something for the first time)
  • обнару́живать verb (expose something previously covered)
  • обнару́жить verb (find something for the first time)
  • обнару́жить verb (expose something previously covered)

Scots

1 entries
  • diskiver verb (find something for the first time)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • faigh a-mach verb (find something for the first time)
  • rùisg verb (expose something previously covered)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • otkrívati verb (find something for the first time)
  • otkrívati verb (expose something previously covered)
  • pronàlaziti verb (find something for the first time)
  • pronàlaziti verb (expose something previously covered)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • addunàrisi di verb (find something for the first time)
  • scupriri verb (find something for the first time)

Slovak

4 entries
  • objaviť verb (find something for the first time)
  • objavovať verb (find something for the first time)
  • odkryť verb (expose something previously covered)
  • odkrývať verb (expose something previously covered)

Slovene

4 entries
  • odkriti verb (find something for the first time)
  • odkriti verb (expose something previously covered)
  • odkrivati verb (find something for the first time)
  • odkrivati verb (expose something previously covered)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • ачар verb (find something for the first time)

Spanish

3 entries
  • descubrir verb (find something for the first time)
  • descubrir verb (expose something previously covered)
  • destapar verb (expose something previously covered)

Swedish

3 entries
  • avslöja verb (expose something previously covered)
  • upptäcka verb (find something for the first time)
  • upptäcka verb (expose something previously covered)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • tuklas verb (expose something previously covered)
  • tukyan verb (expose something previously covered)

Tajik

3 entries
  • кашф кардан verb (find something for the first time)
  • ошкор кардан verb (expose something previously covered)
  • ёфтан verb (find something for the first time)

Thai

1 entries
  • ค้นพบ verb (find something for the first time)

Turkish

1 entries
  • keşfetmek verb (find something for the first time)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • açyş etmek verb (find something for the first time)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ви́явити verb (find something for the first time)
  • ви́явити verb (expose something previously covered)
  • виявля́ти verb (find something for the first time)
  • виявля́ти verb (expose something previously covered)

Urdu

1 entries
  • دَرِیافْت کَرْنا verb (find something for the first time)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • kashf etmoq verb (find something for the first time)
  • kashf qilmoq verb (find something for the first time)

Venetan

4 entries
  • descovrir verb (find something for the first time)
  • descovrir verb (expose something previously covered)
  • descovèrxar verb (find something for the first time)
  • descovèrxar verb (expose something previously covered)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • khám phá verb (expose something previously covered)
  • phát hiện verb (find something for the first time)
  • phát kiến verb (find something for the first time)

Welsh

1 entries
  • darganfod verb (expose something previously covered)

Zazaki

3 entries
  • eskera kerden verb (expose something previously covered)
  • keşf kerden verb (find something for the first time)
  • keşıfnayen verb (find something for the first time)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Source: tatoeba (2478)

We have yet to discover an effective remedy for cancer.

Source: tatoeba (20803)

The more you study, the more you discover your ignorance.

Source: tatoeba (21644)

I have read a good many books to discover what the authorities had to say that made the matter a little plainer.

Source: tatoeba (43631)

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