A2 verb
discover
/dɪˈskʌvə/
- Meaning
- to find or learn something for the first time
- Example
- "I discovered a great little café near work."
- Similar & related words
- findfind outuncoverdiscoverydiscoverer
- How to use it
- As a verb, "discover" carries the action of the sentence. Practice it in three forms — a fact about yourself, a question, and a negative — for example, turn the example sentence above into your own situation.
- Common mistake
- You 'discover' something that already existed; you 'invent' something new — 'Einstein discovered relativity' (it existed), 'Bell invented the telephone'.