descries

verb

present tense third-person singular of descry
1
as in finds
to come upon after searching, study, or effort we couldn't descry the reasons for his sudden departure

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2
as in notices
to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes could just descry the ship coming over the horizon

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for descries
  1. finds
  2. notices
  3. learns
  4. sees
  5. discovers
  6. eyes
  7. locates
  8. spots
Verb
  • Being unmarked and arriving with momentum, Odegaard finds himself in a one-v-one with the goalkeeper again caught on his line.
    — Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Bridgespan’s report finds that families in middle-income countries are more likely to administer their own programs than those in higher-income countries.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of finds
Verb
  • If those systems stand still, quality is often the first thing that slips before anyone notices.
    — Pete First, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Massi — with whom Joe feels Nathan is being too friendly — notices the tension between Joe and Nathan right away.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of notices
Verb
  • Israel robs children of their smallest joys because joy is the seed of hope, and that is how the body learns that captivity is not the natural condition of life.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Upon arriving in New York, April learns that her affable son Thoe (Toby Wallace) and his girlfriend Lucy (Odessa A’zion) have already met Sandra without her knowing.
    — Matthew Huff, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of learns
Verb
  • The company sees the rocket becoming a workhorse launcher of small to medium-size satellites down the road, and its infrastructure supports that vision.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Kendra Ramsey, executive director of the California Bicycle Coalition, sees the expansion of Waymo as a safety benefit, rather than a concern.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of sees
Verb
  • Guadagnino undoes the bubble wrap and discovers Bertolucci’s viewfinder, a key relic for a filmmaker who may well have had the best eye in cinema history.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Written by Helstad, the film follows Jessica Lipki (Greer), a small-town lawyer who discovers a severed human finger in her bowl of chili at a regionally beloved fast-food chain.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of discovers
Verb
  • The film will enter production this November in Vermont as production company GrizzlieBradFilms LLC eyes a 2028 debut.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
  • In another, a marmot eyes the game camera, getting closer and closer to the lens.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of eyes
Verb
  • If most people tend to think of the art as the visual or sonic manifestation one encounters, Protocol Art locates the art not in its manifestations but in the work that generates them.
    — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The medical model locates disability inside the individual, a deficit to be cured, corrected or endured until the person can function in a world built without them.
    — Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of locates
Verb
  • Personnel described food running low at one point, not having Wi-Fi for days or any comfort spots to go to.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
  • If a camera spots an anomaly — the wrong gasket installed on an oven, for example — the system will shut that part of the line down and start playing loud music.
    — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of spots
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