discovery

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  • Noun:
    the act of discovering something
    something that is discovered
    a productive insight
    (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

Word Origin

discovery (n.)
1550s, "fact of discovering;" see discover + -y (1). Earlier in this sense was discovering (mid-14c.). Meaning "that which is discovered" is from 1630s.

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Example

1. Their discovery ran as a single-page paper in nature .
2. The thrill of discovery is unique .
3. It was a rather perplexing discovery .
4. This discovery is not a cure .
5. Q. was that a new discovery ?

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