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entdecken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • descry verb To make something known; to reveal it.
  • detect verb To discover or notice something, often through careful observation or testing.
  • detected adjective Noticed or discovered.
  • discover verb To find or learn something for the first time.
  • glimpse noun A brief, incomplete view of something.
  • spot noun A small mark or patch of a different color or texture on a surface.

Senses

entdecken is used for these senses in English:

  • descry (transitive) To see, especially from afar; to discover (a distant or obscure object) by the eye; to espy; to discern or detect.
  • detect To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
  • detected Having been noticed.
  • detected Simple past tense and past participle of detect
  • discover (transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.
  • glimpse To see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely.
  • spot (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.

descry — full definition

  1. verb To make something known; to reveal it.
  2. verb (literary) To catch sight of something that is far away or hard to see.
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