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 [dɪˈskʌvərɪ]

n pl -eries

1. the act, process, or an instance of discovering

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

3. (Law) Law the compulsory disclosure by a party to an action of relevant documents in his possession

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 the discovery that his wife was HIV positive

2. invention, launch, institution, introduction, pioneering, innovation, initiation, inauguration, induction, coinage, origination the discovery of new forensic techniques

3. breakthrough, find, finding, development, advance, leap, coup, invention, step forward, godsend, quantum leap In that year, two momentous discoveries were made.

4. finding, turning up, locating, revelation, uncovering, disclosure, detection, unearthing, espial the discovery of a mass grave in the south-west of the country

Quotations
"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought" [Albert von Szent-Györgyi The Scientist Speculates]

Translations

discovery [dɪsˈkʌvərɪ] N

1. (= finding) [of new country, drug, talent] → descubrimiento m

2. (= thing or person found) → descubrimiento m

discovery [dɪˈskʌvəri] n

(= finding) [treasure, manuscript, relic] → découverte f; [cure, continent, phenomenon] → découverte f
to make a discovery → faire une découverte
the discovery that ... → la découverte du fait que ...

(= thing discovered) → découverte f

discovery

n → Entdeckung f

discovery [dɪsˈkʌv/ərɪ] n → scoperta

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discovery [dɪsˈkʌv/ərɪ] n → scoperta