Dictionary

rediscovery en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English discovery English rediscovery From re- + discovery.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of rediscovering.
   • For fans, the shows are a pilgrimage, and a rediscovery of the joys of mass gatherings. 2023 August 5, Ben Sisario, “How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Conquered the World”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2023:
   • The most important result of Mr. Mercer's work was the rediscovery of the tunnel, which had been buried, although still accessible through the partly blocked southern portal of the second and larger tunnel, built contiguously to the old one, about 1840. 1951 May, “Notes and News: The Penydarran Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 350:
2. (countable, uncountable) A second or subsequent discovery of the same thing.

Forms

Translations (10)

fi uudelleen löytäminen (act of rediscovering) · fr redécouverte (act of rediscovering) · nl herontdekking (act of rediscovering) · pl ponowne odkrycie (act of rediscovering) · es redescubrimiento (act of rediscovering) · de Wiederentdeckung (act of rediscovering) · ga athaimsiú (act of rediscovering) · ja 再認識 (act of rediscovering) · ro redescoperire (act of rediscovering) · it riscoperta (act of rediscovering)