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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The retailer is trying to turn itself around and rediscover its sense of style, after inflation over this decade forced consumers elsewhere.
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
Now she is eager to rediscover a life of adventure as an amputee.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
He will also need to rediscover some form.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
We tried to rediscover the spark that had once felt effortless.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Solitude gives me a chance to read and think, and now that the memories are coming through again—to rediscover my past, to find out who and what I really am.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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