Synonyms for discovering


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-skuhv-er
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈskʌv ər

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Définition of discovering

Origin :
  • c.1300, "divulge, reveal, disclose," from Old French descovrir "uncover, unroof, unveil, reveal, betray," from Late Latin discooperire, from Latin dis- "opposite of" (see dis-) + cooperire "to cover up" (see cover). At first with a sense of betrayal or malicious exposure (discoverer originally meant "informant"); the meaning "to obtain knowledge or sight of what was not known" is from 1550s. Related: Discovered; discovering.
  • verb find, uncover
Example sentences :
  • They loved the beauties of nature, and had a keen sense for discovering them.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • He went away with the determination of discovering the sick man, Sampson Wilmot.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • There was no difficulty in discovering whose was the power behind the throne.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • I did not take long in discovering what it was right to do with Adrien.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
  • Every great step in our progress in discovering causes has been made in exactly the same way as that which I have detailed to you.
  • Extract from : « The Method By Which The Causes Of The Present And Past Conditions Of Organic Nature Are To Be Discovered.--The Origination Of Living Beings » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • But Roberts was paid a lot of money, was n't he, for discovering that process?
  • Extract from : « Strife (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • Discovering none he remained where he was and blushed for the company.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I had not been learning my world and discovering Man to no purpose all this while.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • For this reason he was not long in discovering many an eager aspirant to his friendship.
  • Extract from : « Agesilaus » by Xenophon
  • Men are discovering that human beings are finer than they had supposed.
  • Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy

Antonyms for discovering

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