NOUN | act | discovery, find, uncovering | the act of discovering something |
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communication | discovery | something that is discovered | |
cognition | discovery, breakthrough, find | a productive insight | |
communication | discovery | (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case |
Sounds | dihskah'veriy; dihskah'vriy; dih.skah'vriy | |
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Rhymes | accessory ... worry: 201 rhymes with eriy... | |
accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... |
Meaning | The act of discovering something. | |
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Synonyms | find, uncovering | |
Narrower | breakthrough | making an important discovery |
detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting | The act of detecting something | |
determination, finding | The act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation | |
rediscovery | The act of discovering again | |
self-discovery | Discovering your own individuality | |
tracing | The discovery and description of the course of development of something | |
Broader | act, deed, human action, human activity | Something that people do or cause to happen |
Spanish | descubrimiento, hallazgo | |
Catalan | descoberta, descobriment, troballa | |
Verbs | discover | make a discovery |
discover | get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | |
discover | make a discovery, make a new finding | |
discover | see for the first time | |
discover | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of | |
discover | find unexpectedly |
Meaning | Something that is discovered. | |
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Broader | disclosure, revelation, revealing | The speech act of making something evident / evident |
Spanish | descubrimiento, hallazgo | |
Catalan | descoberta, descobriment, troballa | |
Verbs | discover | make a discovery |
discover | get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | |
discover | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | |
discover | make a discovery, make a new finding | |
discover | see for the first time | |
discover | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of | |
discover | find unexpectedly |
Meaning | A productive insight. | |
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Synonyms | breakthrough, find | |
Broader | insight, brainstorm, brainwave | The clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation |
Spanish | descubrimiento, hallazgo | |
Catalan | troballa | |
Verbs | discover | make a discovery |
discover | get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | |
discover | make a discovery, make a new finding | |
discover | see for the first time | |
discover | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of |
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. | |
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Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Broader | disclosure, revelation, revealing | The speech act of making something evident / evident |
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