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découvrir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • disclose verb To reveal information that was previously secret or unknown.
  • discover verb To find or learn something for the first time.
  • ferret noun A small, slender, domesticated relative of the weasel, sometimes used to hunt rabbits and other burrowing animals.
  • find out phrasal verb To learn something you did not previously know, either by asking, checking or discovering it by chance.
  • uncover verb To remove something that was covering an object.
  • unearth verb To dig something out of the ground.

Senses

découvrir is used for these senses in English:

  • discover (transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.
  • discover (transitive, now, rare) To expose, uncover.
  • ferret (by extension, ambitransitive) To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out.
  • find out (transitive) To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc.
  • lay bare (figuratively) To expose to view, reveal, uncover.
  • uncover To remove a cover from.
  • unearth To uncover or find; to bring out from concealment

discover — full definition

  1. verb To find or learn something for the first time.
  2. verb To realize or become aware of something.

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