| discover | vt 1. be the first to come upon, menemui, menjumpai; (new place, substance, etc) menemukan: the security guard ~ed the bomb on the doorsteps of the building, pengawal keselamatan menemui bom itu di tangga bangunan; Columbus ~ed America, Columbus menemukan Amerika; a well-known pharmaceutical company ~ed new uses for the chemical, sebuah syarikat farmasi yg terkenal telah menemukan kegunaan-kegunaan baru bahan kimia itu; 2. find out, mendapat tahu ttg: the police have ~ed their plans, polis telah mendapat tahu ttg rancangan mereka; to ~ the pleasures of reading, mendapat tahu ttg keseronokan membaca; 3. realize, menyedari: he ~ed that he had made a mistake, dia menyedari bahawa dia telah membuat kesilapan; 4. recognise and make known a new talent, memperkenalkan: Sarimah was ~ed by P. Ramlee, Sarimah telah diperkenalkan oleh P. Ramlee. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| unearth | 2. discover, (act.) membongkar; ( pass.) terbongkar: a plot to assassinate the president has been ~ed, komplot utk membunuh presiden itu telah terbongkar. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| uncover | 4. discover, menemui, menjumpai: the archaeologists have ~ed the whole city, ahli-ahli arkeologi telah menemui keseluruhan kota itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| suss | b. discover the true nature of so., mengetahui sifat sso: he’s a mystery to me, I can’t ~ him out at all, dia orang yg misteri kpd saya, saya tidak faham dia; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| strike | 12. discover source of mineral etc, menjumpai, menemukan: after less than six months drilling, the company struck oil, tdk sampai enam bulan mencari gali, syarikat itu menjumpai minyak; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| search | b. discover, dapat mengesan; (book, file, etc) menjumpai: he managed to ~ out the source of the rumour, dia dapat mengesan sumber khabar angin itu; did you ~ out the video tape I wanted?, sudahkah kamu menjumpai pita video yg saya mahu?; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| find | 8. discover (so. or st in normal location), (act.) mendapati; (pass.) didapati, terdapat: you can ~ a number of museums in Leiden, kita boleh mendapati beberapa muzium di Leiden; the orang utan is found only in Sumatra and Borneo, orang hutan hanya terdapat di Sumatera dan Borneo; 9. feel, experience, merasai: Dorothy found not the slightest pleasure in his company, Dorothy tdk merasai keseronokan sedikit pun semasa bersama-samanya; the general could only ~ comfort in the knowledge that the enemy was also suffering from the bad weather, jeneral itu hanya dapat merasai kesenangan hati krn mengetahui pihak musuh juga menderita akibat cuaca buruk; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| find | 3. discover to be the case, realise, mendapati: you will ~ that I am right, kamu akan mendapati bahawa saya betul; when he woke up he found his money and his passport missing, apabila dia bangun, dia mendapati wang dan pasportnya telah hilang; the old city was found to be much larger than expected, kota lama itu didapati jauh lebih besar drpd yg dijangka; I ~ it very difficult to work when the radio is on, saya mendapati sangat sukar utk bekerja apabila radio dipasang; she ~s the weather in Alaska too cold, dia mendapati cuaca di Alaska terlalu sejuk; 4. think, consider, [various translations]: this book, I ~, is very well suited to students of French at university level, pd pendapat saya, buku ini amat sesuai bagi penuntut bahasa Perancis di peringkat universiti; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| find | 2. discover by chance, menjumpai, menemui, mendapati; (st which one or so. has lost) menjumpai, menemui; (so. or st esp in a place where it is not unusual for so. or st to be found) mendapati; (so. or st doing st) mendapati: he was found dead in his hotel room, dia dijumpai or didapati mati di bilik hotelnya; we found several errors in the calculations, kami mendapati or menjumpai beberapa kesilapan dlm kiraan itu; I found a diamond ring in the drain, saya menjumpai cincin berlian di dlm longkang; when she arrived at the office she found a bouquet on her desk, apabila dia tiba di pejabat, dia mendapati sejambak bunga di atas mejanya; when I got to the house, I found two youths climbing over the front gate, apabila sampai di rumah itu, saya mendapati dua orang pemuda sedang memanjat pintu pagar depan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| surprise | 2. attack, capture, discover suddenly and unexpectedly, approp v [sst] secara mengejut: their plan was to ~ the enemy encampment at first light, rancangan mereka ialah menawan kem musuh pd awal pagi secara mengejut; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |