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discover — 1 *reveal, disclose, divulge, tell, betray Analogous words: impart, *communicate: *declare, announce, publish, advertise, proclaim 2 Discover, ascertain, determine, unearth, learn mean to find out something not previously known to one. Discover… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Observation — Observations redirects here. For the travel book, see Observations (Pierre Belon). For other uses, see Observation (disambiguation). Observation is either an activity of a living being, such as a human, consisting of receiving knowledge of the… … Wikipedia
Observation on the Spot — Polish book cover Observation on the Spot (Wizja lokalna, also translated as Inspection at the Scene of the Crime) is a science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem which has not been translated into English. It deals with Ijon Tichy s traveling to a… … Wikipedia
discover — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. uncover, reveal, disclose, manifest; find, espy, descry; detect, unearth; realize. See disclosure, vision, knowledge, learning. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. find, find out, invent, learn, ascertain,… … English dictionary for students
Participant observation — is a set of research strategies which aim to gain a close and intimate familiarity with a given group of individuals (such as a religious, occupational, or subcultural group, or a particular community) and their practices through an intensive… … Wikipedia
History of supernova observation — The known history of supernova observation goes back to 185 CE, when supernova SN 185 appeared, the oldest appearance of a supernova recorded by humankind. Several additional supernovae within the Milky Way galaxy have been recorded since that… … Wikipedia
apprehend — ap·pre·hend /ˌa prə hend/ vt [Latin apprehendere to seize, arrest, from ad to + prehendere to seize]: arrest Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Dead and Gone (novel) — Dead and Gone … Wikipedia
spy — [[t]spaɪ[/t]] n. pl. spies, 1) a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usu. hostile, country 2) a person who keeps close and secret watch on the actions and words of another or others 3) the… … From formal English to slang
de|scry — «dih SKRY», verb, scried, scry|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to catch sight of; be able to see; make out; see at a distance; see with difficulty: »to descry an island on the horizon. We descried the little boat two miles away. 2. to discover by… … Useful english dictionary
