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co-discover verb[ T ] (alsocodiscover)uk /ˌkəʊ.dɪˈskʌv.ər/ us /ˌkoʊ.dɪˈskʌv.ɚ/ to discover something together with one or more other people: Who is the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who co-discovered DNA's structure? Howard Florey is credited with co-discovering and manufacturing penicillin. He was a member of a supernova search team that co-discovered dark energy in 1998. Thomas Bopp gained fame for co-discovering what would be known as Comet Hale-Bopp. He and Frits Went codiscovered the growth regulating hormone auxin. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Finding and discovering ascertain break (fresh/new) groundidiom breakthrough bring something to lightidiom catch someone red-handedidiom fossick found geocache geocaching get hold ofidiom homing pinpoint plumb red-handed rediscover rediscovery refind refound sniff suss
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