discovery

discovery

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English

Alternative forms

  • discoverie (obsolete)

Etymology

from discover +‎ -ery, on the pattern of the pair recover, recovery. Displaced native Old English onfundennes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪsˈkʌvəɹi/

Noun

discovery (countable and uncountable, plural discoveries)

  1. Something discovered.
  2. (uncountable) The discovering of new things.
  3. (countable, archaic) An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.
  4. (law, uncountable) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
  5. (law, uncountable) Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
  6. (chess) A discovered attack.

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