Discovery

//dɪsˈkʌv(.ə).ɹi// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something discovered. countable, uncountable

    "This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease."

  2. 2
    the act of discovering something wordnet
  3. 3
    The discovering of new things. uncountable

    "The purpose of the voyage was discovery."

  4. 4
    a productive insight wordnet
  5. 5
    An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation. archaic, countable

    "Don Huberto actually fell in love with his kinswoman, and had presumption enough to declare his passion […] The lady being a woman of discretion, instead of making a discovery, which might have been attended with melancholy consequences, reprimanded her relation with gentleness […]"

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  1. 6
    something that is discovered wordnet
  2. 7
    A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered. uncountable

    "The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery."

  3. 8
    (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 wordnet
  4. 9
    Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered. uncountable

    "The defense argued that the plaintiff's discovery was inadequate."

  5. 10
    A discovered attack. countable, uncountable

    "1700: "If I play f4, he can check me with ...Qd4, but then he has to move his Queen because he can easily lose it to a Bishop discovery on b5. He could also check me on c5 when his Queen might be safer. I could just move out of the way, though, and continue my attack.""

Etymology

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

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