Definitions for discovery
dɪˈskʌv ə ridis·cov·ery

Princeton's WordNet(3.29 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. discovery, find, uncovering(noun)

   the act of discovering something

2. discovery(noun)

   something that is discovered

3. discovery, breakthrough, find(noun)

   a productive insight

4. 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

Wiktionary(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. discovery(Noun)

   Something discovered.

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

2. discovery(Noun)

   The discovering of new things.

   The purpose of the voyage was discovery.

3. discovery(Noun)

   A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

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

4. discovery(Noun)

   Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

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

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Discovery(noun)

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

2. Discovery(noun)

   a making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets

3. Discovery(noun)

   finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood

4. Discovery(noun)

   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. Discovery(noun)

   exploration; examination

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1. Discovery

   Discovery is the second studio album by French house duo Daft Punk, released on 3 March 2001, by Virgin Records. It marks a shift in the sound from Chicago house, which they were previously known for, to disco, post-disco, garage house, and synthpop-inspired house. The album provided itself as a soundtrack to the anime film Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, which was a collaboration between the creators of the album, Leiji Matsumoto, and Toei Animation. All of the music videos for the tracks on the album are segments of the film, which follows a story of a kidnapped extraterrestrial band. Discovery is recognized as a concept album in reviews by New Musical Express and Spin magazines. Early versions of the album included a "Daft Club" membership card. The card included a code which granted access to an online music service, which featured tracks later released on the album of the same name and Alive 1997.

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1. discovery

   Song lyrics by discovery -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by discovery on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'discovery' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3383

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'discovery' in Nouns Frequency: #1240

How to pronounce discovery?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of discovery in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of discovery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of discovery in a Sentence

1. Graham Taylor:

   The huge strides we’ve made with HIV show just how much can be done with a problem that was appalling. Sitting there right beside it, discovered three years earlier, is HTLV-1, where you almost feel we’re no further on than back in the years immediately following its discovery.

2. Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi:

   Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

3. Will Durant:

   Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

4. Med Yones:

   I discovered that anything can go right will go right! The wrong cannot last forever - I'd like to think of my discovery as the Anti-Murphy's Law

5. Jacob Bronowski, 1976:

   The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.

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