discovery

Значение

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

Произносится как (IPA)

/dɪsˈkʌvəɹi/

Этимология

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

Предложения

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

Вид первоначально считался уже вымершим во время его открытия.