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Discoverable

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Adjective

1. ascertainable, discoverable

capable of being ascertained or found out

Example Sentences:
'ascertainable facts'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Discoverable

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verb (tr; may take a clause as object)
1. 
to be the first to find or find out about
Fleming discovered penicillin
2. 
to learn about or encounter for the first time; realize
she discovered the pleasures of wine
3. 
to find after study or search
I discovered a leak in the tank
4. 
to reveal or make known

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Discoverable

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verb transitive
1. 
to be the first to find out, see, or know about
2. 
to find out; learn of the existence of; realize
3. 
to be the first nonnative person to find, come to, or see (a continent, river, etc.)
4. 
to bring to prominence; make famous
5. 
a.  Rare
to reveal; disclose; expose
b.  Archaic
to uncover

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Discoverable

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tr.v. dis·cov·ered, dis·cov·er·ing, dis·cov·ers
1. To notice or learn, especially by making an effort: got home and discovered that the furnace wasn't working.
2.
a. To be the first, or the first of one's group or kind, to find, learn of, or observe.
b. To learn about for the first time in one's experience: discovered a new restaurant on the west side.
3. To learn something about: discovered him to be an impostor; discovered the brake to be defective.
4. To identify (a person) as a potentially prominent performer: a movie star who was discovered in a drugstore by a producer.
5. Archaic To reveal or expose.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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