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discovery en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɖɪsˈkəʋᵊ.ɾiː/ (India, North)
• (California) audio
• /dɪˈskɐv.ɹi/ (Australia)
• /dəˈskɐv.ə.ɹi/ (New-Zealand)
• /dəˈskɐv.ɹi/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈɖɪsːˌkə.ʋə.ɾiː/ (India, South)
• /dɪˈskʌv.ə.ɹi/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /dɪˈskɐv.ə.ɹi/ (Australia)
• /dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Canada, Vancouver-Island) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Something discovered.
   • This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.
   • Indeed, this discovery of meaning in symbols may be the most astounding intellectual feat that any human being ever performs—and most humans perform it before they are seven years old! 1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 25:
2. (uncountable) The discovering of new things.
   • Automatic discovery of RSS feeds by a Web browser.
   • The letters patents of king Henry the ſeuenth granted vnto Iohn Cabot and his three ſonnes, Lewis, Sebastian, and Sancius, for the discouerie of new and vnknowen lands. 1589, Richard Hakluyt, “Iohn Cabots Patent”, in The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC, page 509:
   • The purpose of the voyage was discovery.
3. (archaic, countable) An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.
   • Don Huberto actually fell in love with his kinswoman, and had presumption enough to declare his passion […] The lady being a woman of discretion, instead of making a discovery, which might have been attended with melancholy consequences, reprimanded her relation with gentleness […] 1822, Alain René Le Sage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane:
4. (uncountable) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
   • The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery.
5. (uncountable) 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.
6. (countable, uncountable) A discovered attack.
   • 1700: "If I play f4, he can check me with ...Qd4, but then he has to move his Queen because he can easily lose it to a Bishop discovery on b5. He could also check me on c5 when his Queen might be safer. I could just move out of the way, though, and continue my attack." 1999, Jeremy Silman, The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions Into Chess Mastery, 2nd edition, Los Angeles, C.A.: Siles Press, →ISBN, page 189:

Forms

Deriveds

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

Relateds

discover · discoverer

Translations (144)

kk ашу (something discovered) · is uppgötvun (something discovered) · uk відкриття́ (something discovered) · he גילוי (legal: pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered) · fi löytö (something discovered) · fa-ira یافْتِه (something discovered) · hi आविष्कार (something discovered) · hi खोज (something discovered) · ur اِنْکِشاف (something discovered) · fi näyttö (legal: materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase) · cs objevování (the discovering of new things) · ru откры́тие (something discovered) · th การค้นหา (the discovering of new things) · mk откри́тие (something discovered) · grc εὕρημα (something discovered) · ast descubrimientu (the discovering of new things) · hu felfedezés (something discovered) · ota كشف (the discovering of new things) · ka აღმოჩენა (the discovering of new things) · nl ontdekking (the discovering of new things) · de Entdeckung (the discovering of new things) · tr keşif (the discovering of new things) · ast descubrimientu (something discovered) · ca descobriment (the discovering of new things) · mn нээлт (something discovered) · nl ontdekking (something discovered) · et avastus (something discovered) · pt descoberta (the discovering of new things) · sh otkríće (something discovered) · be адкрыцьцё (something discovered) · he גילוי (the discovering of new things) · lv atklājums (something discovered) · hu felfedezés (the discovering of new things) · lv atklāšana (something discovered) · sh откри́ће (something discovered) · sk objav (something discovered) · sq zbulim (something discovered) · mn ᠨᠡᠭᠡᠭᠡᠯᠲᠡ (something discovered) · kmr keşf (something discovered) · sv fynd (something discovered) · lt atradimas (something discovered) · pl odkrycie (something discovered) · tr keşif (something discovered) · bg откри́тие (the discovering of new things) · cs vyšetřování (legal: pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered) · ang onfundennes (something discovered) · ms penemuan (something discovered) · pl odkrywanie (the discovering of new things) · it scoprimento (something discovered) · ht dekouvèt (something discovered) · ky ачылыш (something discovered) · yue 發現 /发现 (something discovered) · ug بايقاش (something discovered) · it scoperta (something discovered) · be адкрыццё (something discovered) · be адкры́цце (something discovered) · eo trovo (the discovering of new things) · tg кашф (something discovered) · ga fionnachtain (something discovered) · uz kashfiyot (something discovered) · grc εὕρημα (the discovering of new things) · es descubrimiento (legal: pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered) · be адкры́цьце (something discovered) · az kəşf (something discovered) · tg кашфиёт (something discovered) · fa-ira اِکْتِشاف (something discovered) · fr découverte (something discovered) · nb oppdagelse (something discovered) · sv upptäckt (the discovering of new things) · la inventio (something discovered) · la repertum (something discovered) · sv fynd (the discovering of new things) · gl descubrimento (something discovered) · ru откры́тие (the discovering of new things) · fi löydös (something discovered) · cmn 發現 /发现 (the discovering of new things) · ia discoperta (something discovered) · ur دَرْیافْت (something discovered) · de Entdeckung (something discovered) · es hallazgo (the discovering of new things) · oc descobèrta (the discovering of new things) · tg ихтироъ (something discovered) · ko 발견 (the discovering of new things) · sl odkritje (something discovered) · fi tutkinta (legal: pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered) · ur اِکْتِشاف (something discovered) · sk hľadanie (the discovering of new things) · nl vinding (something discovered) · fa-ira کَشْف (something discovered) · ta கண்டுபிடிப்பு (the discovering of new things) · bg откри́тие (something discovered) · fi löytäminen (the discovering of new things) · cs objev (something discovered) · hy հայտնագործություն (something discovered) · ro descoperire (something discovered) · la inventio (the discovering of new things) · el ανακάλυψη (the discovering of new things) · ar اِكْتِشَاف (the discovering of new things) · es descubrimiento (the discovering of new things) · ja 発見 (something discovered) · lo ການຄົ້ນພົບ (something discovered) · eo malkovro (something discovered) · cmn 發現 /发现 (something discovered) · kk ашу (the discovering of new things) · ta கண்டுபிடிப்பு (something discovered) · es hallazgo (something discovered) · lt atskleidimas (something discovered) · ar اِكْتِشَاف (something discovered) · gl descubrimento (the discovering of new things) · ko 발견 (something discovered) · es descubrimiento (something discovered) · ps کشفونه (something discovered) · oc descobèrta (something discovered) · id penemuan (something discovered) · pt descobrimento (the discovering of new things) · ia discoperta (the discovering of new things) · fa-ira اِکْتِشاف (the discovering of new things) · ja 発見 (the discovering of new things) · ru открыва́ние (the discovering of new things) · lt atradimas (the discovering of new things) · lv atklāšana (the discovering of new things) · da opdagelse (something discovered) · tg иктишоф (something discovered) · ps کشف (something discovered) · uz ixtiro (something discovered) · bn আবিষ্কার (something discovered) · ota كشف (something discovered) · fa-ira کَشْف (the discovering of new things) · ky ачуу (something discovered) · ca descobriment (something discovered) · pt descoberta (something discovered) · el ανακάλυψη (something discovered) · cs průzkum (the discovering of new things) · he תַּגְלִית (something discovered) · mi tūhuratanga (the discovering of new things) · da opdagelse (the discovering of new things) · ang onfundennes (the discovering of new things) · it scoperta (the discovering of new things) · ka აღმოჩენა (something discovered) · vi khám phá (something discovered) · fr découverte (the discovering of new things) · th การค้นพบ (something discovered) · he גילוי מסמכים (legal: pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered) · sv upptäckt (something discovered)