Dictionary Definition
discovery
Noun
1 the act of discovering something [syn: find, uncovering]
2 something that is discovered
3 a productive insight [syn: breakthrough, find]
4 (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
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- (US)
- /dɪsˈkʌvəˌri/
- /dIs"kVv@%ri/
- /dəsˈk͉ʌv(ə)ˌɹi/ (CanE)
- Audio (CA)
Noun
- Something discovered.
- This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.
- The discovering of
new things.
- The purpose of the voyage was discovery.
- In the context of "law|uncountable": A pre-trial phase in which
evidence is gathered.
- The prosecution moved to supress certain items turned up during discovery.
- In the context of "law|uncountable": 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.
Related terms
- discover verb
- discoverer noun
Translations
the discovering of new things
- Hebrew: גילוי (gilui)
- Chinese: 發現, 发现
- Czech: objevování (2) , vyšetřování (3)
- Danish: opdagelse
- Dutch: ontdekking
- Finnish: löytö s
- French: découverte
- German: Entdeckung
- Greek: ανακάλυψη
- Hebrew:
- Italian: scoperta
- Japanese: 発見
- Korean: 발견
- Kurdish:
- Lithuanian: atradinys (?) (1); atradimas (2)
- Persian: (kashf)
- Polish: odkrycie (1), odkrywanie (2)
- Portuguese: descoberta
- Romanian: descoperire
- Russian: открытие
- Slovene: odkritje (1)
- Spanish: descubrimiento , hallazgo
Extensive Definition
Discovery may refer to:
- Discovery (observation), observing or finding something unknown to one's culture
- Discovery (law), a process in courts of law
- Discovery Program, NASA space science program
- Discovery (fiction), a character's learning something unknown
- Discovery (UK TV series)
- Discovery (Irish TV series)
- Discovery (1960s series on ABC-TV, hosted by Frank Buxton (later Bill Owen) and Virginia Gibson)
- Discovery Communications, parent of the Discovery Channel
- Discovery (car), a car manufactured by Land Rover
- Discovery (Magazine), inflight magazine of Cathay Pacific Airways
- Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team, a professional cycling team
- Discovery (horse), an American thoroughbred racehorse
- Roomba Discovery, a robotic vacuuming device
Vessels
- Discovery (1602 ship)
- Royal Research Ship Discovery (Captain R.F. Scott's Antarctic expedition)
- HMS Discovery
- Space Shuttle Discovery
- Discovery One, a fictional space craft from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Discovery (cruise ship)
- CLDSV Discovery (now renamed: Acergy Discovery)
Music
See also
discovery in Czech: Discovery
discovery in Danish: Discovery
discovery in German: Discovery
discovery in Spanish: Discovery
(desambiguación)
discovery in French: Discovery
discovery in Korean: 디스커버리
discovery in Indonesian: Discovery
discovery in Italian: Discovery
discovery in Hebrew: דיסקברי
discovery in Dutch: Discovery
discovery in Japanese: ディスカバリー
discovery in Norwegian: Discovery
discovery in Polish: Discovery
discovery in Russian: Discovery
discovery in Slovenian: Discovery
discovery in Serbo-Croatian: Discovery
discovery in Finnish: Discovery
discovery in Swedish: Discovery
discovery in Turkish: Discovery
discovery in Chinese: 发现
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
apocalypse, ascertaining, baring, bonus, breakthrough, buried
treasure, coinage,
conception, detection, determining, development, disclosing, disclosure, discovering, espial, exploration, expose, exposition, exposure, find, finding, foundling, gravy, idea, innovation, introduction, invention, laying bare,
leap, manifestation, neologism, new phase, novelty, origination, patefaction, recognition, removing the
veil, revealing,
revealment, revelation, showing up,
showup, strike, stripping, treasure trove,
trouvaille, trove, uncloaking, uncovering, unearthing, unfolding, unfoldment, unmasking, unveiling, unwrapping, waifs, waifs and strays, windfall, windfall money,
windfall profit