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# discovered

verb past form of discover (discover, discovers, discovered, discovering)

«discovered» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Discovered means found something for the first time, or found something that was hidden or not known. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discovered/#m1)
2. Discovered means found out or learned a fact. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discovered/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and history lessons scientists discovered things like penicillin, new planets and dinosaur fossils; explorers discovered new lands (though people often already lived there). In stories characters discover secrets or treasure. In maths, pupils discover patterns.

### Examples

- Scientists discovered a new kind of frog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discovered/#x1)
- We discovered a nest in the hedge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discovered/#x2)
- She discovered that her keys were missing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discovered/#x3)
- Fleming discovered penicillin by accident. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discovered/#x4)
- They discovered treasure in the old chest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discovered/#x5)
- I discovered a pattern in the numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discovered/#x6)
- Thank Heaven, I discovered it in time!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discovered/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb. Nouns: discovery, discoverer. «Discover» (find something that already existed) differs from «invent» (make something new): you discover gold but invent a machine. Myth: Europeans «discovered» lands where people already lived.

## In Jewish tradition

In science and history lessons scientists discovered things like penicillin, new planets and dinosaur fossils; explorers discovered new lands (though people often already lived there). In stories characters discover secrets or treasure. In maths, pupils discover patterns.

### Examples

- Many writers maintain that only at a later period the principle of position and the zero was discovered. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discovered/#x1)
- And Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him; now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk-tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him. (Prophets 1SA.22.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discovered/#x2)

### Note

Regular verb. Nouns: discovery, discoverer. «Discover» (find something that already existed) differs from «invent» (make something new): you discover gold but invent a machine. Myth: Europeans «discovered» lands where people already lived.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «discovered» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discovered/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«discovered» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/discovered.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «discovered» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discovered/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«discovered» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/discovered.html) on Mova free.