Antonyms for discovering

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dih-skuhv-er

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈskʌv ər

Definition 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

Synonyms for discovering

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