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# discover

«discover» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To find something for the first time, or to find…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (discover, discovers, discovered, discovering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To find something for the first time, or to find something that was hidden or unknown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discover/#m1)

2) To find out a fact or learn something you did not know before. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discover/#m2)

3) To notice or start to enjoy something new: She discovered a love of painting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discover/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons people discover new animals, planets and medicines; in history explorers «discover» places, though often other people already lived there; in maths you can discover a pattern or rule. Phrases: «discover that…», «discover a pattern», «make a discovery».

### examples

- Google Book Search helps readers discover the world's books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discover/#x1)
- Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that's often difficult to discover. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discover/#x2)
- Scientists discovered a new kind of frog in the rainforest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discover/#x3)
- I discovered a coin under the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discover/#x4)
- We discovered that the shop was closed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discover/#x5)
- In maths we discovered that every even number can be split into two equal halves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discover/#x6)
- She discovered a love of reading on holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discover/#x7)
- Who discovered how to make electricity work for us? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discover/#x8)
- The children discovered a secret path in the woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discover/#x9)
- Alone you will never discover the path that leads to your wife.' [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discover/#x10)

### note

Regular verb: discovered. Noun: discovery (discoveries). Discover = find something that already exists; invent = make something new that did not exist (people invent machines but discover planets). Many history books say Europeans «discovered» lands where people already lived — they found them for themselves.

### In the corpora

- [The mimic octopus, discovered in 1998 off Indonesia, copies the shape and movement of dangerous animals like sea snakes and flatfish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver/17/)
- [Most life on Earth is too small to see with our eyes, and scientists still discover thousands of new microscopic kinds every year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/4/)
- [The non-stick coating on frying pans is a slippery plastic that food cannot grip; it was discovered by accident in 1938.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/29-plastics-useful-stubborn/14/)
- [The Chinese discovered that a magnetised needle points north and later used compasses for sailing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/13/)
- [Pythagoras studied triangles, Archimedes discovered how things float and shouted Eureka, and Eratosthenes measured the size of the Earth with shadows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «discover» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discover/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.