discover
To find or learn something for the first time.
Verb 3 meanings
To find or learn something for the first time.
“Turning the corner, I discovered a lovely little shop. I discovered that they sold widgets.”
To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
“This move discovers an attack on a vital pawn.”
To question (a person) as part of discovery in a lawsuit.
Etymology
From Middle English discoveren, from Old French descovrir, from Late Latin discoperīre < discooperiō, discooperīre, from Latin dis- + cooperiō. Displaced native Old English onfindan.
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DISCOVER at a glance
DISCOVER has 8 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + S 1 + C 3 + O 1 + V 4 + E 1 + R 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,616 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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