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."
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Speaking to BBC Wales, Ken Skates said it was "absolutely obvious" that the party needed to rediscover its purpose and reconnect with people the "length and breadth of Wales".
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Renshaw is one of those who has been kept out by the selectors in the hope Labuschagne could rediscover his best form.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
The 173-year-old denim maker is enjoying a comeback as shoppers rediscover jeans with low rises and loose fits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The pope sees Europe as a counterweight to major powers and has in the past called on the European Union to overcome tensions and rediscover unity in pursuit of peace in Ukraine and beyond.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
She didn’t leave me enough to discover her, but she left me enough to rediscover the Great Perhaps.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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