DISCOVERY
Dictionary entry overview: What does discovery mean?
• DISCOVERY (noun)
The noun DISCOVERY has 4 senses:
1. the act of discovering something
2. something that is discovered
3. a productive insight
4. (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case
Familiarity information: DISCOVERY used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DISCOVERY (noun)
Meaning:
The act of discovering something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
discovery; find; uncovering
Hypernyms ("discovery" is a kind of...):
deed; effort; exploit; feat (a notable achievement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "discovery"):
catching; detection; espial; spotting; spying (the act of detecting something; catching sight of something)
self-discovery (discovering your own individuality)
breakthrough (making an important discovery)
determination; finding (the act of determining the properties of something)
rediscovery (the act of discovering again)
Meaning:
Something that is discovered
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("discovery" is a kind of...):
disclosure; revealing; revelation (the speech act of making something evident)
Meaning:
A productive insight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
breakthrough; find; discovery
Hypernyms ("discovery" is a kind of...):
brainstorm; brainwave; insight (the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation)
Meaning:
(law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("discovery" is a kind of...):
disclosure; revealing; revelation (the speech act of making something evident)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
