discovery

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Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA: /dəsˈk͉ʌv(ə)ˌɹi/

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• (UK) IPA: /dɪsˈkʌv(ə)ɹi/, /dɪsˈkʊvɹi/
• (US) IPA: /dɪsˈkʌv.əˌɹi/, X-SAMPA: /dIs"kVv.@%r\i/

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Noun

discovery (countable and uncountable; plural discoveries)

1. Something discovered.

   This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.

2. (uncountable) The discovering of new things.

   The purpose of the voyage was discovery.

   automatic discovery of RSS feeds by a Web browser

3. (law, uncountable) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

   The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery.

4. (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
• e-discovery

Translations

something discovered

• Arabic: اكتشاف (ar) (iktišāf) m
• Asturian: descubrimientu (ast) m
• Belarusian: адкрыццё (be) (adkrýccjo) n
• Bulgarian: откритие (bg) (otkrítie) n
• Catalan: descobriment (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發現 (cmn), 发现 (cmn) (fāxiàn)

• Czech: objev (cs) m
• Danish: opdagelse (da) c
• Dutch: ontdekking (nl) f, vinding (nl) f
• Esperanto: malkovro (eo)
• Finnish: löytö (fi), löydös (fi)
• French: découverte (fr) f
• Galician: descubrimento (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Entdeckung (de) f
• Haitian Creole: dekouvèt
• Hebrew: תגלית (he) (taglyt) f
• Interlingua: discoperta (ia)

• Japanese: 発見 (ja) (はっけん, hakken)
• Korean: 발견 (ko) (balgyeon) (發現 (ko))
• Latin: inventio (la) f
• Latvian: atklāšana (lv), atklājums (lv) m
• Lithuanian: atradimas (lt) m, atskleidimas (lt) m
• Macedonian: откритие (mk) (otkrítie) n
• Occitan: descobèrta (oc) f
• Persian: کشف (fa) (kašf), اکتشاف (fa) (ektešâf), یافته (fa) (yâfte)
• Polish: odkrycie (pl) n
• Russian: открытие (ru) (otkrýtije) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: откриће (sh) n

  Roman: otkriće (sh) n

• Slovak: objav (sk) m
• Slovene: odkritje (sl) n
• Spanish: descubrimiento (es) m, hallazgo (es) m
• Swedish: upptäckt (sv) c, fynd (sv) n
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: відкриття (uk) (vidkrýttja) n

the discovering of new things

• Arabic: اكتشاف (ar) (iktišāf) m
• Asturian: descubrimientu (ast) m
• Bulgarian: откритие (bg) (otkrítie) n
• Catalan: descobriment (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發現 (cmn), 发现 (cmn) (fāxiàn)

• Danish: opdagelse (da) c
• Dutch: ontdekking (nl) f
• Finnish: löytäminen (fi)
• French: découverte (fr) f
• Galician: descubrimento (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Entdeckung (de) f

• Hebrew: גילוי (he) (gilui) m
• Interlingua: discoperta (ia)
• Japanese: 発見 (ja) (はっけん, hakken)
• Korean: 발견 (ko) (balgyeon) (發現 (ko))
• Latin: inventio (la) f
• Latvian: atklāšana (lv) f
• Lithuanian: atradimas (lt) m
• Occitan: descobèrta (oc) f
• Persian: کشف (fa) (kašf), اکتشاف (fa) (ektešâf)
• Polish: odkrywanie (pl) n
• Russian: открытие (ru) (otkrýtije) n, открывание (ru) (otkryvánije) n
• Spanish: descubrimiento (es) m, hallazgo (es) m
• Swedish: upptäckt (sv) c, fynd (sv) n

legal: pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered

• Finnish: tutkinta (fi)

legal: materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase

• Finnish: näyttö (fi)

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• Mandarin: 發現, 发现
• Czech: objevování (2) n, vyšetřování n (3)
• French: découverte f
• Greek: ανακάλυψη f
• Hebrew: גלוי (he) (gilû) m
• Italian: scoperta f

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: دۆزینه‌وه‌

• Lithuanian: atradinys (?) m (1); atradimas m (2)
• Portuguese: descoberta f
• Romanian: descoperire
• Slovene: odkritje n (1)