discovery
Something discovered.
Example
“This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.”
Other meanings
The discovering of new things.
“The purpose of the voyage was discovery.”
A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
“The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery.”
Synonyms
- find
Related words
- autodiscovery
- biodiscovery
- codiscovery
- indiscovery
- nondiscovery
- prediscovery
- rediscovery
- undiscovery
- e-discovery
- discovery informatics
- discovery request
- self-discovery
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “discovery” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.