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- DictionaryDis·cov·er·y/dəˈskəv(ə)rē/
noun
- 1. the action or process of discovering or being discovered: "the discovery of the body"
- 2. the compulsory disclosure, by a party to an action, of relevant documents referred to by the other party.
: 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.
DISCOVERY definition: 1. the process of finding information, a place, or an object, especially for the first time, or the…. Learn more.
DISCOVERY meaning: 1. the process of finding information, a place, or an object, especially for the first time, or the…. Learn more.
discover, ascertain, determine, unearth, learn mean to find out what one did not previously know. discover may apply to something requiring exploration or investigation or to a chance encounter. discovered the source of the river.
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.
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.
1. the act, process, or an instance of discovering. 2. a person, place, or thing that has been discovered. 3. (Law) law the compulsory disclosure by a party to an action of relevant documents in his or her possession.
DISCOVERY meaning: 1. an occasion when someone discovers something: 2. something or someone that is discovered. Learn more.
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. 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 ...
