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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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S: (v) detect (detect%2:39:00::), observe (observe%2:39:02::), find (find%2:39:02::), discover (discover%2:39:03::), notice (notice%2:39:04::) (discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of) "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"

S: (v) discover (discover%2:36:00::), find (find%2:36:00::) (make a discovery, make a new finding) "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"

S: (v) discover (discover%2:31:00::), find (find%2:31:09::) (make a discovery) "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
S: (v) determine (determine%2:32:00::), find (find%2:32:00::), find out (find_out%2:32:00::), ascertain (ascertain%2:32:01::) (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study) "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
S: (v) detect (detect%2:39:00::), observe (observe%2:39:02::), find (find%2:39:02::), discover (discover%2:39:03::), notice (notice%2:39:04::) (discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of) "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"