What does discovery mean?
Discovery means Something discovered..
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/dɪsˈkʌv.ɹi/ · noun
Something discovered..
This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.
Indeed, this discovery of meaning in symbols may be the most astounding intellectual feat that any human being ever performs—and most humans perform it before they are seven years old!
The purpose of the voyage was discovery.
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The letters patents of king Henry the ſeuenth granted vnto Iohn Cabot and his three ſonnes, Lewis, Sebastian, and Sancius, for the discouerie of new and vnknowen lands.
Don Huberto actually fell in love with his kinswoman, and had presumption enough to declare his passion […] The lady being a woman of discretion, instead of making a discovery, which might have been attended with melancholy consequences, reprimanded her relation with gentleness […]
The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery.
The defense argued that the plaintiff's discovery was inadequate.
Use discovery when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Discovery means Something discovered..
Common synonyms include find, breakthrough, uncovering.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.
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