Most scientific breakthroughs are nothing else than the discovery of the obvious.
Source: tatoeba (1742)
Discovery
//dɪsˈkʌv(.ə).ɹi//
Synonyms for "discovery" (70 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
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2 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
12 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
6 entriesrelated to
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Translations
144 translations across 69 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- zbulim noun (something discovered)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- εὕρημα noun (something discovered)
- εὕρημα noun (the discovering of new things)
Arabic
2 entries- اِكْتِشَاف noun (something discovered)
- اِكْتِشَاف noun (the discovering of new things)
Armenian
1 entries- հայտնագործություն noun (something discovered)
Asturian
2 entries- descubrimientu noun (something discovered)
- descubrimientu noun (the discovering of new things)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- kəşf noun (something discovered)
Belarusian
4 entries- адкры́цце noun (something discovered)
- адкры́цьце noun (something discovered)
- адкрыццё noun (something discovered)
- адкрыцьцё noun (something discovered)
Bengali
1 entries- আবিষ্কার noun (something discovered)
Bulgarian
2 entries- откри́тие noun (something discovered)
- откри́тие noun (the discovering of new things)
Catalan
2 entries- descobriment noun (something discovered)
- descobriment noun (the discovering of new things)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 發現 /发现 noun (something discovered)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 發現 /发现 noun (something discovered)
- 發現 /发现 noun (the discovering of new things)
Czech
4 entries- objev noun (something discovered)
- objevování noun (the discovering of new things)
- průzkum noun (the discovering of new things)
- vyšetřování noun (legal: pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
Danish
2 entries- opdagelse noun (something discovered)
- opdagelse noun (the discovering of new things)
Dutch
3 entries- ontdekking noun (something discovered)
- ontdekking noun (the discovering of new things)
- vinding noun (something discovered)
Esperanto
2 entries- malkovro noun (something discovered)
- trovo noun (the discovering of new things)
Estonian
1 entries- avastus noun (something discovered)
Finnish
4 entries- löydös noun (something discovered)
- löytäminen noun (the discovering of new things)
- löytö noun (something discovered)
- näyttö noun (legal: materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase)
French
2 entries- découverte noun (something discovered)
- découverte noun (the discovering of new things)
Galician
2 entries- descubrimento noun (something discovered)
- descubrimento noun (the discovering of new things)
Georgian
2 entries- აღმოჩენა noun (something discovered)
- აღმოჩენა noun (the discovering of new things)
German
2 entries- Entdeckung noun (something discovered)
- Entdeckung noun (the discovering of new things)
Greek
2 entries- ανακάλυψη noun (something discovered)
- ανακάλυψη noun (the discovering of new things)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- dekouvèt noun (something discovered)
Hebrew
4 entries- גילוי noun (the discovering of new things)
- גילוי noun (legal: pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
- גילוי מסמכים noun (legal: pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
- תַּגְלִית noun (something discovered)
Hindi
2 entries- आविष्कार noun (something discovered)
- खोज noun (something discovered)
Hungarian
2 entries- felfedezés noun (something discovered)
- felfedezés noun (the discovering of new things)
Icelandic
1 entries- uppgötvun noun (something discovered)
Indonesian
1 entries- penemuan noun (something discovered)
Interlingua
2 entries- discoperta noun (something discovered)
- discoperta noun (the discovering of new things)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- اِکْتِشاف noun (something discovered)
- اِکْتِشاف noun (the discovering of new things)
- کَشْف noun (something discovered)
- کَشْف noun (the discovering of new things)
Irish
1 entries- fionnachtain noun (something discovered)
Italian
3 entries- scoperta noun (something discovered)
- scoperta noun (the discovering of new things)
- scoprimento noun (something discovered)
Japanese
2 entries- 発見 noun (something discovered)
- 発見 noun (the discovering of new things)
Kazakh
2 entries- ашу noun (something discovered)
- ашу noun (the discovering of new things)
Korean
2 entries- 발견 noun (something discovered)
- 발견 noun (the discovering of new things)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- ачуу noun (something discovered)
- ачылыш noun (something discovered)
Lao
1 entries- ການຄົ້ນພົບ noun (something discovered)
Latin
3 entries- inventio noun (something discovered)
- inventio noun (the discovering of new things)
- repertum noun (something discovered)
Latvian
3 entries- atklājums noun (something discovered)
- atklāšana noun (something discovered)
- atklāšana noun (the discovering of new things)
Lithuanian
3 entries- atradimas noun (something discovered)
- atradimas noun (the discovering of new things)
- atskleidimas noun (something discovered)
Macedonian
1 entries- откри́тие noun (something discovered)
Malay
1 entries- penemuan noun (something discovered)
Mongolian
2 entries- нээлт noun (something discovered)
- ᠨᠡᠭᠡᠭᠡᠯᠲᠡ noun (something discovered)
Māori
1 entries- tūhuratanga noun (the discovering of new things)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- keşf noun (something discovered)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- oppdagelse noun (something discovered)
Occitan
2 entries- descobèrta noun (something discovered)
- descobèrta noun (the discovering of new things)
Old English
2 entries- onfundennes noun (something discovered)
- onfundennes noun (the discovering of new things)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- كشف noun (something discovered)
- كشف noun (the discovering of new things)
Pashto
2 entries- کشف noun (something discovered)
- کشفونه noun (something discovered)
Polish
2 entries- odkrycie noun (something discovered)
- odkrywanie noun (the discovering of new things)
Portuguese
3 entries- descoberta noun (something discovered)
- descoberta noun (the discovering of new things)
- descobrimento noun (the discovering of new things)
Romanian
1 entries- descoperire noun (something discovered)
Russian
3 entries- откры́тие noun (something discovered)
- откры́тие noun (the discovering of new things)
- открыва́ние noun (the discovering of new things)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- otkríće noun (something discovered)
- откри́ће noun (something discovered)
Slovak
2 entries- hľadanie noun (the discovering of new things)
- objav noun (something discovered)
Slovene
1 entries- odkritje noun (something discovered)
Spanish
4 entries- descubrimiento noun (something discovered)
- descubrimiento noun (the discovering of new things)
- descubrimiento noun (legal: pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
- hallazgo noun (something discovered)
Swedish
4 entries- fynd noun (something discovered)
- fynd noun (the discovering of new things)
- upptäckt noun (something discovered)
- upptäckt noun (the discovering of new things)
Tajik
4 entries- иктишоф noun (something discovered)
- ихтироъ noun (something discovered)
- кашф noun (something discovered)
- кашфиёт noun (something discovered)
Tamil
2 entries- கண்டுபிடிப்பு noun (something discovered)
- கண்டுபிடிப்பு noun (the discovering of new things)
Thai
2 entries- การค้นพบ noun (something discovered)
- การค้นหา noun (the discovering of new things)
Turkish
2 entries- keşif noun (something discovered)
- keşif noun (the discovering of new things)
Ukrainian
1 entries- відкриття́ noun (something discovered)
Urdu
3 entries- اِنْکِشاف noun (something discovered)
- اِکْتِشاف noun (something discovered)
- دَرْیافْت noun (something discovered)
Uyghur
1 entries- بايقاش noun (something discovered)
Uzbek
2 entries- ixtiro noun (something discovered)
- kashfiyot noun (something discovered)
Vietnamese
1 entries- khám phá noun (something discovered)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Scientists regard the discovery as important.
Source: tatoeba (23983)
As scientists keep insisting, there is neither good nor bad in any scientific discovery.
Source: tatoeba (23988)
To whom do we owe the discovery of penicillin?
Source: tatoeba (33920)
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