DISCOVERY

discovery, find, uncovering

(noun) the act of discovering something

discovery, breakthrough, find

(noun) a productive insight

discovery

(noun) something that is discovered

discovery

(noun) (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

discovery (countable and uncountable, plural discoveries)

Something discovered.

(uncountable) The discovering of new things.

(countable, archaic) An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.

(legal, uncountable) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

(legal, uncountable) Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*cov"er*y, n.; pl. Discoveries (.

1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.

2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. In the clear discoveries of the next [world]. South.

3. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood. A brilliant career of discovery and conquest. Prescott. We speak of the "invention" of printing, the discovery of America. Trench.

4. That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery.

5. Exploration; examination. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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Coffee Trivia

Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.

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