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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 act of finding something that had not been known before: [ C ] Many scientific discoveries have been made by accident. [ U ] The discovery of gold in California opened up the west. A discovery is also something that you did not know about before: [ C ] It was quite a discovery when I came upon this beautiful mountain stream.
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.
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.
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: 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.