Engelsk verb: discover | |||
1. | discover (om oppfatninger) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water. We found traces of lead in the paint. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | detect, find, notice, observe | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | sight, spy | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | catch out, find out, instantiate, see, sense, trace | ||
Utsagnsord med lignende betydning | discover, find | ||
2. | discover (om erkjendelse) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | I learned that she has two grown-up children. I see that you have been promoted. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | They discover that there was a traffic accident | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | ascertain, catch, discover, find, get the goods, trip up, wise up | ||
Utsagnsord med lignende betydning | find, see, witness | ||
3. | discover (om tilblivelse) make a discovery, make a new finding | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Roentgen discovered X-rays. Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | find | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize, gestate | ||
Utsagnsord med lignende betydning | ascertain, detect, determine, discover, discover, find, find, find, find out, notice, observe | ||
4. | discover (om erkjendelse) make a discovery | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She found that he had lied to her. The story is false, so far as I can discover. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | find | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | ferret, ferret out, rake up | ||
Utsagnsord med lignende betydning | discover, find | ||
5. | discover (om forhold) find unexpectedly | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The archeologists chanced upon an old tomb. She struck a goldmine. The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | find, regain | ||
6. | discover (om kommunikasjon) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | break, bring out, disclose, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | tell | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | babble, babble out, betray, bewray, blab, blab out, blackwash, blow, come out, come out of the closet, confide, leak, let the cat out of the bag, muckrake, out, out, peach, reveal, sing, spill the beans, spring, talk, tattle | ||
Medfører | break, get around, get out | ||
Utsagnsord med lignende betydning | break, get around, get out | ||
7. | discover (om oppfatninger) see for the first time; make a discovery | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Who discovered the North Pole?. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | rediscover | ||
Kan forårsake | comprehend, perceive | ||
8. | discover (om erkjendelse) identify as in botany or biology, for example | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | describe, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Kan forårsake | assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out | ||