rediscover
Britishverb
Explanation
When you rediscover something, you find it or claim it again, the way you rediscover your Scottish heritage after you rediscover your fondness for wearing a kilt and playing the bagpipe. People who rediscover their roots or their past get back in touch with something that had been lost or hidden for some time. Making your mom's chocolate chip cookie recipe, for example, might help you rediscover your love of baking after being out of practice for years. Rediscover adds the "again" prefix re- to discover, which comes from the Latin roots dis-, "opposite of," and cooperire, "to cover up."
Example Sentences
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He will also need to rediscover some form.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Ultimately, she says, investors will rediscover the fund’s time-tested strategy.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The only box left to tick on his CV was a Rugby World Cup, and he needed to rediscover his form quickly.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
In bringing these rehabbed players back into circulation, he’s helping others rediscover a musical format once left for dead.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
In Shadow’s memory Mr. Ibis was a short man; whenever he would stand beside him, Shadow would rediscover that Mr. Ibis was well over six feet in height, with a crane-like stoop.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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