0 to find information, a place, or an object, especially for the first time: --
Los Angeles is full of young actors working as waiters, hoping to be discovered by a movie agent.
[ + obj + -ing verb ] The boss discovered him stealing money from the cash register.
[ + to infinitive ] Following a routine check-up, Mrs Mason was discovered to have heart disease.
[ + (that) ] She discovered (that) her husband was having an affair.
[ + question word ] Scientists have discovered how to predict an earthquake.
We searched all morning for the missing papers and finally discovered them in a drawer.
Who discovered America?
1 to find something for the first time, or something that had not been known before: --
[ + that clause ] When you go on a trip, you always discover that you forgot a few things.
Researchers hope to discover new treatments that may help people suffering from migraine headaches.
[ + question word ] We reviewed enrollment figures to discover exactly when and why the student population declined.
[ + (that) clause ] Doctors later discovered (that) he had a cut on his left ankle.
The skull was discovered when one of the clay objects accidentally broke.
The first is a process of" abstraction", the process responsible for discovering invariants.
Having discovered for himself the great value of reading good books, he gave his writings to his people.
One can see the critical value of what has been read, discovered and described.
Many semi-regular grids have been discovered, a few of which are shown.
The automobile industry had become as fashion-conscious as the rag trade, and it had discovered how to make people discontented with even last year's model.
If we examine the historical record, we see that the sense of common identity they discovered in age sprang from their demographic uniqueness.
He writes a characteristically long note, for example, about a method of colouring that has been discovered recently in some old manuscripts.
