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DISCOVERY

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• 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.

• DISCOVERY (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

Sense 2

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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)

Sense 3

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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)

Sense 4

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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)

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