discover

verb

ADVERB

▪ quickly, soon

▪

We soon discovered we'd been mistaken.

▪ suddenly

▪ subsequently

▪ eventually, finally

▪ accidentally

▪ first, originally

VERB + DISCOVER

▪ be amazed to, be astonished to, be astounded to, be surprised to

▪

She was surprised to discover he was perfectly capable around the house.

▪ be alarmed to, be appalled to, be dismayed to, be horrified to, be a shock to, be shocked to

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It was a terrible shock to discover the full extent of the problem.

▪ be delighted to, be fascinated to, be intrigued to

▪ be fascinating to

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It would be fascinating to discover more about the town's history.

▪ be a surprise to, be surprising to

▪ be difficult to

▪ be possible to

▪ aim to

▪ attempt to, try to

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We are trying to discover the truth about his disappearance.

▪ be able to, be unable to

PHRASES

▪ an attempt to discover sth

▪ newly discovered, recently discovered

▪

recently discovered evidence

▪ only to discover sth

▪

I arrived at the campsite, only to discover that it was closed for the winter.

▪ an opportunity to discover sth

▪ waiting to be discovered

▪

There's great talent out there just waiting to be discovered.

Discover is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑archaeologist, ↑explorer, ↑researcher, ↑scientist

Discover is used with these nouns as the object: ↑answer, ↑body, ↑bug, ↑cause, ↑clue, ↑compound, ↑connection, ↑corpse, ↑correlation, ↑culprit, ↑cure, ↑discrepancy, ↑error, ↑evidence, ↑existence, ↑extent, ↑fate, ↑fault, ↑find, ↑flaw, ↑galaxy, ↑gold, ↑identity, ↑joy, ↑leak, ↑link, ↑love, ↑lump, ↑mistake, ↑moon, ↑mystery, ↑oil, ↑passion, ↑principle, ↑problem, ↑reason, ↑recipe, ↑relationship, ↑relic, ↑remains, ↑secret, ↑self, ↑skeleton, ↑strain, ↑strength, ↑talent, ↑trace, ↑treasure, ↑truth, ↑virus, ↑vulnerability, ↑way, ↑wonder, ↑wreck