Main entry: learn, pick up, find out, discover, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, see
Definition: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
Usage: I learned that she has two grown-up children; I see that you have been promoted
Main entry: discover, distinguish, describe, identify, key, key out, name
Definition: identify as in botany or biology, for example
Definition: make a discovery
Usage: She found that he had lied to her; The story is false, so far as I can discover
Main entry: unwrap, expose, give away, reveal, let on, let out, break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge
Definition: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
Usage: The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold; The actress won't reveal how old she is; bring out the truth; he broke the news to her; unwrap the evidence in the murder case
Definition: make a discovery, make a new finding
Usage: Roentgen discovered X-rays; Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle
Main entry: discover
Definition: see for the first time; make a discovery
Usage: Who discovered the North Pole?
Main entry: find, notice, observe, detect, discover
Definition: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
Usage: She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water; We found traces of lead in the paint
Main entry: strike, fall upon, happen upon, discover, attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, light upon
Definition: find unexpectedly
Usage: the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb; she struck a goldmine; The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake