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Discover Past Tense
The past tense of Discover is discovered.
1. discover
verb. ['dɪˈskʌvɝ'] discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of.
Etymology
- descovrir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- covrir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
Rhymes with Discover
- undercover
- uncover
- recover
- plover
- glover
- shover
- lover
- hover
- gover
How do you pronounce discover?
Pronounce discover as dɪˈskəvər.
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Sentences with discover
1. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
if you discover the horse is not eating.
2. Verb, base form
They use their noses to discover what’s around them and find their way to Mom.
Quotes about discover
1. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
- H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You
2. It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
- Napoleon Hill
3. We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
2. discover
verb. ['dɪˈskʌvɝ'] get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally.
Synonyms
Etymology
- descovrir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- covrir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
3. discover
verb. ['dɪˈskʌvɝ'] make a discovery, make a new finding.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- descovrir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- covrir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
4. discover
verb. ['dɪˈskʌvɝ'] make a discovery.
Etymology
- descovrir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- covrir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
5. discover
verb. ['dɪˈskʌvɝ'] find unexpectedly.
Antonyms
Etymology
- descovrir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- covrir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
6. discover
verb. ['dɪˈskʌvɝ'] make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.
Synonyms
Etymology
- descovrir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- covrir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))