Complete Definition of "discovery"

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Pronunciation
(US)
*IPA|/dɪs�k�v��ri/
*SAMPA|/dIs"kVv@%ri/
IPA|/d�s�k��v(�)�ɹi/ (CanE?)
Audio|en-ca-discovery.ogg|Audio (CA)
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Noun
en-noun|discoveries|-

  1. Something discovered.

#: This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.

  1. uncountable The discovering of new things.

#: The purpose of the voyage was discovery.

  1. context|law|uncountable A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

#: The prosecution moved to supress certain items turned up during discovery.

  1. context|law|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.

Related terms
discover verb
discoverer noun

Translations
trans-top|something discovered
Czech: objev m
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Hebrew: ת���ת (taglyt) f
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trans-top|the discovering of new things
Hebrew: ����� (gilui) m
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Chinese: ��, ��
Czech: objevování (2) n, vyšet�ování n (3)
Danish: opdagelse c
Dutch: ontdekking f
Finnish: löytö s
French: découverte f
German: Entdeckung f
Greek: ανακάλ��η f
Hebrew: he-translation|����|gilû m
Italian: scoperta f
Japanese: ��
mid
Korean: �견
Kurdish: KUchar|د�ز�������
Lithuanian: atradinys (?) m (1); atradimas m (2)
Persian: FAchar|کش� (kashf)
Polish: odkrycie (1), odkrywanie (2)
Portuguese: descoberta f
Romanian: descoperire
Russian: о�к���ие n
Slovene: odkritje n (1)
Spanish: descubrimiento m, hallazgo m

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