English Explanatory Dictionary

discovery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something discovered.
  2. The discovering of new things.
  3. An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.
  4. A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
  5. Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
  6. A discovered attack.

Pronunciation

/dɪsˈkʌv.ɹi/ /dɪsˈkʌv.ə.ɹi/ en-us-discovery.ogg en-ca-discovery.ogg /ɖɪsˈkəʋᵊ.ɾiː/

Word forms

discovery discoveries discoverie

Etymology

from discover + -ery, on the pattern of the pair recover, recovery. Displaced native Old English onfundennes.

Related words

discover discoverer

Derived words

autodiscovery biodiscovery codiscovery discovery informatics discovery request e-discovery indiscovery nondiscovery prediscovery rediscovery self-discovery undiscovery
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