discover

noun

(US) Discover Card, a brand of credit card.

Discover magazine, a general audience science magazine launched in 1980.

verb

(transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.

(transitive, chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.

(transitive, law) To question (a person) as part of discovery in a lawsuit.

(transitive, now rare) To expose, uncover.

(transitive, archaic) To reveal (information); to divulge, make known.

(transitive, obsolete) To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).

(transitive, obsolete) To reconnoitre, explore (an area).

(transitive, obsolete) To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit.

Roots

disdis- · Latin · apart, not cooperio-cover · Latin · cover

Words related to discover

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Where does discover come from?

The word discover breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: dis-, from Latin dis (“apart, not”); and -cover, from Latin cooperio (“cover”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.