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- Dictionarydiscovery/dɪˈskʌv(ə)ri/
noun
- 1. the action or process of discovering or being discovered: "the discovery of the body" Similar Opposite
- 2. the compulsory disclosure, by one party to an action to another, of relevant testimony or documents.
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DISCOVERY definition: 1. the process of finding information, a place, or an object, especially for the first time, or the…. Learn more.
: the usually pretrial disclosure of pertinent facts or documents by one or both parties to a legal action or proceeding. Synonyms. detection. finding. spotting. unearthing. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
The process of finding, realizing, or unearthing something is discovery, like your discovery of a live lizard in the birthday box your aunt mailed from Arizona. The lizard is also a discovery — the thing that is found.
the process of finding information, a place, or an object, especially for the first time, or the thing that is found: discovery of Who is credited with the discovery of electricity? make a discovery Leonardo made many scientific discoveries. a journey / voyage of discovery.
If someone makes a discovery, they are the first person to find or become aware of a place, substance, or scientific fact that no one knew about before. In that year, two momentous discoveries were made.
Discovery definition: the act or process of seeing, finding, or gaining knowledge of something previously unknown, or an instance of this. See examples of DISCOVERY used in a sentence.
The act of revealing; disclosure. Webster's New World. Any pretrial procedures, as the taking of depositions, for compelling the disclosure of pertinent factual information. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
discovery. noun. /dɪˈskʌvəri/. /dɪˈskʌvəri/. (plural discoveries) [countable, uncountable] an act or the process of finding somebody/something, or learning about something that was not known about before. Researchers in this field have made some important new discoveries.
DISCOVERY definition: 1. an occasion when someone discovers something: 2. something or someone that is discovered. Learn more.
noun. /dɪˈskʌvəri/ , /dɪˈskʌvri/. (pl. discoveries) [countable, uncountable] an act or the process of finding someone or something, or learning about something that was not known about before discovery (of something) the discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century The discovery of a child's body in the river has shocked the community ...
