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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/dɪˈskʌvəri/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dɪˈskʌvəri/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(di skuv′ə rē)

Inflections of 'discovery' (n): npl: discoveries

dis•cov•er•y /dɪˈskʌvəri/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -er•ies.

the act of discovering:the discovery of electricity.
the act of finding something out:new discoveries about the universe.

dis•cov•er•y (di skuv′ə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -er•ies.

the act or an instance of discovering.
something discovered.
[Law.]compulsory disclosure, as of facts or documents.
Aerospace(cap., italics) [U.S. Aerospace.]the third space shuttle to orbit and return to earth.

discover + -y³ 1545–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

discovery /dɪˈskʌvərɪ/ n ( pl -eries)

the act, process, or an instance of discovering
a person, place, or thing that has been discovered
the compulsory disclosure by a party to an action of relevant documents in his or her possession

'discovery' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Baltimore - Barnard - base - Bendigo - Best - Blackett - break through - conceal - credit - Cuba - Davisson - Dhahran - dodge - Dominican Republic - Ehrlich - elude - examination for discovery - find - Franklin - Galileo - Herschel - heuristic - Hewish - hey - hide - invention - Josiah - Kalgoorlie - Kirchhoff - Krebs - landmark - McMillan - Manuel I - mare's-nest - Mayer - Melbourne - Old World - palladium - Palos - Paros - Penzias - Pittsburgh - plant - Potosí - Powell - Renaissance - Scunthorpe - Segrè - Soddy - anagnorisis

In Lists: Things associated with rainforests , Archaeology , Vocabulaire , more...

Synonyms: detection, uncovering, exploration, unearthing, identification, more...

Collocations: an [amazing, incredible, unbelievable] discovery, [scientific, wildlife, marine, human] discovery, has [reported, claimed] a new [scientific] discovery, more...

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