discovery
Pluraldiscoveries
- 1A thing that someone finds or learns for the first time.
Like finding a coin you never knew was under the couch.
The old map was a lucky discovery for the children.
Her biggest discovery was a box of letters hidden in the attic.
Similarfind, finding, breakthrough, revelation
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- 2The act of finding or learning about new things.
Like exploring a new place and seeing things for the very first time.
Science depends on the discovery of new facts.
Space travel opened a whole new age of discovery.
Similarexploration, research, investigation, detection
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- 3The stage before a trial when both sides gather and share evidence.
Like both teams showing each other their cards before the game starts.
The lawyers spent months on discovery before the trial began.
During discovery, both sides had to hand over their documents.
Similardisclosure
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- 4The evidence and documents that one side must share with the other before a trial.
The lawyer read every page of the discovery the other side sent over.
She found a key email buried deep in the discovery.
Similardisclosure
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- 5A chess move where one piece steps aside, letting another piece behind it attack.
Like stepping out of the way so the person behind you can throw the ball.
She won his queen with a clever discovery.
The bishop moved away, and the discovery put the king in check.
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Less common meaning
- 6The act of showing or making known something that was hidden.
Like pulling back a curtain to show what was behind it.
His sudden discovery of her secret left the whole household in turmoil.
The discovery of the letter revealed the entire plot at once.
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Origin
It comes from "discover" plus "-ery", made like the pair "recover" and "recovery".