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Antonyms for discovered

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-skuhv-er
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈskʌv ər

Definition of discovered

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.
  • adj found
Example sentences :
  • He had discovered years before that he was sometimes able thus to puzzle her momentarily.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • But this slab of black basalt was different from anything that had ever been discovered.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • We do not know which genius first discovered the use of pottery but he deserves a statue.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • I named it the Alexander Spring, after my brother, who discovered it.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • They made maps of the sky and they discovered the first five planets.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • She discovered that Emma's conjecture had been only too correct.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • I answer, there are none to be had; such must be discovered by each for himself.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • This was no sandybedded river like others we had discovered.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • Glancing about her she discovered that it came from a room half under ground.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • When I discovered that I was unfit to hold that trust any longer, I quit.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Synonyms for discovered

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