discovery

dis·cov·er·y  (d-skv-r)

n. pl. dis·cov·er·ies

1. The act or an instance of discovering.

2. Something discovered.

3. Law The compulsory disclosure of pertinent facts or documents to the opposing party in a civil action, usually before a trial begins.

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discovery

Noun

pl -eries

1. the act of discovering

2. a person, place, or thing that has been discovered

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	discovery - the act of discovering something     find, uncovering human action, human activity, act, deed - something that people do or cause to happen tracing - the discovery and description of the course of development of something; "the tracing of genealogies" espial, spotting, catching, detection, spying - the act of detecting something; catching sight of something self-discovery - discovering your own individuality breakthrough - making an important discovery determination, finding - the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation; "the determination of molecular structures" rediscovery - the act of discovering again
	2.	discovery - something that is discovered disclosure, revealing, revelation - the speech act of making something evident
	3.	discovery - a productive insight                 breakthrough, find brainstorm, brainwave, insight - the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
	4.	discovery - (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 disclosure, revealing, revelation - the speech act of making something evident law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

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discovery

noun 1. finding out, news, announcement, revelation, disclosure, realization

noun 2. invention, launch, institution, introduction, pioneering, innovation, initiation, inauguration, induction, coinage, origination

noun 3. breakthrough, find, finding, development, advance, leap, coup, invention, step forward, godsend, quantum leap

noun 4. finding, turning up, locating, revelation, uncovering, disclosure, detection, espial

Translations

discovery [dɪsˈkʌvərɪ] n → descubrimiento

discovery [dɪsˈkʌvərɪ] discover n → découverte f

discovery [dɪsˈkʌvərɪ] discover n → Entdeckung f

discovery [dɪsˈkʌvərɪ] n → scoperta