Collocations for discover - verb

quickly, soon
We soon discovered we'd been mistaken.

suddenly
subsequently
eventually, finally
accidentally
first, originally

be amazed to, be astonished to, be astounded to, be surprised to
She was surprised to discover he was perfectly capable around the house.

be alarmed to, be appalled to, be dismayed to, be horrified to, be a shock to, be shocked to
It was a terrible shock to discover the full extent of the problem.

be delighted to, be fascinated to, be intrigued to
be fascinating to
It would be fascinating to discover more about the town's history.

be a surprise to, be surprising to
be difficult to
be possible to
aim to
attempt to, try to
We are trying to discover the truth about his disappearance.

be able to, be unable to

an attempt to discover sth
newly discovered, recently discovered
recently discovered evidence

only to discover sth
I arrived at the campsite, only to discover that it was closed for the winter.

an opportunity to discover sth
waiting to be discovered
There's great talent out there just waiting to be discovered.

Discover is used with these nouns as the subject:
archaeologist, explorer, researcher, scientist

Discover is used with these nouns as the object:
answer, body, bug, cause, clue, compound, connection, corpse, correlation, culprit, cure, discrepancy, error, evidence, existence, extent, fate, fault, find, flaw, galaxy, gold, identity, joy, leak, link, love, lump, mistake, moon, mystery, oil, passion, principle, problem, reason, recipe, relationship, relic, remains, secret, self, skeleton, strain, strength, talent, trace, treasure, truth, virus, vulnerability, way, wonder, wreck