discovery

Plural

discoveries

1. 1.Something discovered.

   • This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.
   • Indeed, this discovery of meaning in symbols may be the most astounding intellectual feat that any human being ever performs, and most humans perform it before they are seven years old!

2. 2.The discovering of new things.

   • The purpose of the voyage was discovery.
   • Automatic discovery of RSS feeds by a Web browser.

3. 3.A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

   • The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery.

4. 4.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.

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Uncommon

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare