Meaning & use
Discovering
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Finding or becoming aware of something for the first time.
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Scientists are still discovering new species deep in the ocean.
She spent her twenties discovering what kind of work made her happy.
A note on using this word
"Discover" comes from Old French "descovrir," meaning to uncover, tying the modern sense of finding something new to the literal act of removing a cover.
Words with a similar meaning
findinguncovering
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Words with an opposite meaning
concealing
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