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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ascertained, discovered, observedadjective

    discovered or determined by scientific observation

    "variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors"; "the discovered behavior norms"; "discovered differences in achievement"; "no explanation for the observed phenomena"

Wikipedia

  1. discovered

    Discovery is the act of detecting something new, or something previously unrecognized as meaningful. With reference to sciences and academic disciplines, discovery is the observation of new phenomena, new actions, or new events and providing new reasoning to explain the knowledge gathered through such observations with previously acquired knowledge from abstract thought and everyday experiences. A discovery may sometimes be based on earlier discoveries, collaborations, or ideas. Some discoveries represent a radical breakthrough in knowledge or technology. New discoveries are acquired through various senses and are usually assimilated, merging with pre-existing knowledge and actions. Questioning is a major form of human thought and interpersonal communication, and plays a key role in discovery. Discoveries are often made due to questions. Some discoveries lead to the invention of objects, processes, or techniques. A discovery may sometimes be based on earlier discoveries, collaborations or ideas, and the process of discovery requires at least the awareness that an existing concept or method can be modified or transformed. However, some discoveries also represent a radical breakthrough in knowledge.

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  1. discovered

    Discovered refers to the act of finding, detecting, or identifying something or someone that was previously unknown, unseen, hidden or lost. It could also refer to the process of gaining knowledge or awareness of something new, innovative or unexplored. The term typically applies within the context of exploration, science, history, research and human knowledge.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Discovered

    of Discover

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'discovered' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1604

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'discovered' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3021

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of discovered in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of discovered in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of discovered in a Sentence

  1. Ken Dodd:

    I used to think I was marvellous in bed until I discovered that all my girl friends suffered from asthma.

  2. Michael Wetkas:

    In the course of our investigation, we discovered that there were several companies which were linked to the defendant.

  3. Paul Chodas:

    We know the orbital path of 2001 FO32 around the Sun very accurately, since it was discovered 20 years ago and has been tracked ever since, there is no chance the asteroid will get any closer to Earth than 1.25 million miles.

  4. Yves Boisvert:

    He wasn't a KKK sympathizer. It's not like we discovered youthful anti-Semitic writings.

  5. Chris Langston:

    So I did a bit of research online and discovered it was a witch bottle and it was later confirmed to be it could date back to 1860.

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