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 Definitions of discovery  [ɪˈskʌv ə ri]  

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Definition of 'discovery' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) discovery
the act or an instance of discovering.

2.  discovery
something discovered.

3.  discovery
Law. compulsory disclosure, as of facts or documents.

Etymology:  (1545–55)

Definition of 'discovery' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) discovery, find, uncovering
the act of discovering something

2. (noun) discovery
something that is discovered

3. (noun) discovery, breakthrough, find
a productive insight

4. (noun) discovery
(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


Definition of 'discovery' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) discovery
the act of finding sb or sth
the discovery of a treasure; a gruesome discovery

2.  discovery
new information sb learns
an important discovery in physics


Definition of 'discovery' Webster Dictionary 

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

2. (noun) discovery
a making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets

3. (noun) discovery
finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood

4. (noun) discovery
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. (noun) discovery
exploration; examination


Translation of 'discovery' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to find out
Try to discover what's going on!; a voyage of discovery; She made several startling discoveries.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: uitvind Arabic flag Arabic: إكْتِشاف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: откривам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: descoberta Czech flag Czech: objev(ení); zjištění German flag German: die Entdeckung
Danish flag Danish: opdagelse Greek flag Greek: ανακάλυψη Spanish flag Spanish: descubrimiento, hallazgo
Estonian flag Estonian: avastus Farsi flag Farsi: اکتشاف؛ کشف Finnish flag Finnish: löytö
French flag French: découverte Hebrew flag Hebrew: גִילוּי Hindi flag Hindi: खोज, शोध, अन्वेषण
Croatian flag Croatian: pronaći Hungarian flag Hungarian: felfedezés Indonesian flag Indonesian: penemuan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: uppgötvun Italian flag Italian: scoperta Japanese flag Japanese: 発見
Korean flag Korean: 발견 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: atradimas Latvian flag Latvian: atklājums; atklāšana
Malay flag Malay: menerokai Dutch flag Dutch: ontdekking Norwegian flag Norwegian: oppdagelse
Polish flag Polish: odkrycie Persian flag Persian: اکتشاف؛ کشف Pashto flag Pashto: کشف
Portuguese flag Portuguese: descoberta Romanian flag Romanian: decoperire Russian flag Russian: открытие
Slovak flag Slovak: objav Slovenian flag Slovenian: odkritje Serbian flag Serbian: otkriti
Swedish flag Swedish: upptäckt Thai flag Thai: ค้นพบ Turkish flag Turkish: keşif, buluş
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 發現 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: виявляти Urdu flag Urdu: دریافت کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: khám phá Chinese flag Chinese: 发现

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