discovers
Comes across unexpectedly
Discovers is the third-person singular of discover.
To discover is to find something previously unknown or hidden: She discovers a letter in the attic, He discovers that his assumptions were wrong.
Discovery can be accidental or the result of deliberate search.
Scientists discover cures; explorers discover lands; people discover truths about themselves.
Locates or lucky discoveries
- uncoversReveals something hidden
- locatesDetermines the position of
- stumbles uponFinds by accident
- encountersUnexpected meetings with others
comes across · reveals · exposes · unearths · detects · spots · notices · identifies
Comes to understand
- learnsGains new knowledge
- understandsMentally grasps meaning
- graspsHolds or comprehends
- comprehendsMentally takes in
recognizes · dawns · awakens · enlightens · epiphany · insight · clarity · revelation
Sudden important advance
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
laboratory · methodology · findings · publication · Nobel · Eureka · observation · analysis
Creates something novel
- innovatesCreates novel solutions
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- originatesStarts or arises from
- devisesInvents through ingenuity
conceives · creates · develops · designs · envisions · imagines · inspiration · muse
One who investigates unfamiliar regions
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- continentLarge connected landmass
- islandWater-bounded land mass
civilization · ruins · tomb · artifact · archaeological · cartography · voyage · Columbus
finds
Locates or lucky discoveries
- uncoversReveals something hidden
- locatesDetermines the position of
- stumbles uponFinds by accident
encounters · comes across · reveals · exposes · unearths · detects · spots · notices · identifies · recognizes
realizes
Comes to understand
- learnsGains new knowledge
- understandsMentally grasps meaning
- graspsHolds or comprehends
comprehends · recognizes · dawns · awakens · enlightens · epiphany · insight · clarity · revelation · awareness
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
evidence · laboratory · methodology · findings · publication · Nobel · Eureka · observation · analysis · theory
invents
Creates something novel
- innovatesCreates novel solutions
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- originatesStarts or arises from
devises · conceives · creates · develops · designs · envisions · imagines · inspiration · muse · talent
explorer
One who investigates unfamiliar regions
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- continentLarge connected landmass
island · civilization · ruins · tomb · artifact · archaeological · cartography · voyage · Columbus · Magellan
discoversloses
Fails to retain
forgets · unlearns · loses sight of · buries · suppresses
- gold discoveryFinding valuable yellow metal
- scientific discoveryNew knowledge from research
- self discoveryLearning one's own character
- fossil discoveryLocating preserved ancient organisms
- Discovery ChannelCable network featuring documentaries
- discovery of fireLearning to control flames
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