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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It was as if he were left reeling from cynicism and was trying to reclaim some youthful confidence that he would eventually rediscover with the autobiographical “The Fabelmans.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Now she is eager to rediscover a life of adventure as an amputee.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Hamilton, meanwhile, has struggled to rediscover his old pace at Ferrari and can only watch as his old team laps the field.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Read: Investors rediscover a taste for extremely speculative stocks as market rips higher in April.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
I put my hands in my pants pocket and rediscover my gummy worms.
From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine
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