discovery

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Something discovered.
2. (uncountable) The discovering of new things.
3. (archaic, countable) An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.
4. (uncountable) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
5. (uncountable) Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
6. (countable, uncountable) A discovered attack.

Synonyms

find

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finding

detection

invention

exposure

breakthrough

disclosure

uncovering

innovation

development

exploration

revelation

lash-up

manifestation

milestone

origination

party dress

phantasm

presentation

revelations

solution

spectre

spook

strike

trove

unfolding

unravelling

visualization

wraith

perception

breaktrough

gold strike

devisal

anniversary

video picture

answer

contrivance

detecting

device

display

espial

eye-opener

fabrication

fiction

figment

inventiveness

Translations

découverte

descubrimiento

Entdeckung

ontdekking

scoperta

ανακάλυψη

hallazgo

descobrimento

descobriment

descoberta

vondst

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onthulling

Fund

Enthüllung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪsˈkʌvəɹi/

Etymology

from discover + -ery, on the pattern of the pair recover, recovery. Displaced native Old English onfundennes.

Sentences

The species was originally considered already extinct at the time of its discovery .