discovery

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Alternative forms[edit]

discoverie (obsolete)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkʌvəɹi/
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Noun[edit]

discovery (countable and uncountable, plural discoveries)

Something discovered.
This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.
(uncountable) The discovering of new things.
The purpose of the voyage was discovery.

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- 1589, Richard Hakluyt, “Iohn Cabots Patent”, in The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], imprinted at London: By George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majestie, OCLC 753964576, page 509:
  The letters patents of king Henry the ſeuenth granted vnto Iohn Cabot and his three ſonnes, Lewis, Sebastian, and Sancius, for the the discouerie of new and vnknowen lands.
(countable, archaic) An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.
- 1822, Alain René Le Sage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane
  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 […]
(law, uncountable) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery.
(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.

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something discovered

Albanian: zbulim (sq) m
Arabic: اِكْتِشَاف‎ (ar) m (iktišāf)
Armenian: հայտնագործություն (hy) (haytnagorcutʿyun)
Asturian: descubrimientu m
Azerbaijani: kəşf (az)
Belarusian: адкры́цце n (adkrýccje), адкры́цьце n (adkrýcʹcje) (Taraškievica), адкрыццё n (adkryccjó), адкрыцьцё n (adkrycʹcjó) (Taraškievica)
Bulgarian: откри́тие (bg) n (otkrítie)
Catalan: descobriment (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 發現, 发现 (faat³ jin⁶)

Mandarin: 發現 (zh), 发现 (zh) (fāxiàn)
Czech: objev (cs) m
Danish: opdagelse c
Dutch: ontdekking (nl) f, vinding (nl) f
Esperanto: malkovro
Estonian: avastus
Finnish: löytö (fi), löydös (fi)
French: découverte (fr) f
Galician: descubrimento (gl) m
Georgian: აღმოჩენა (aɣmočena)
German: Entdeckung (de) f
Greek: ανακάλυψη (el) f (anakálypsi)
Ancient: εὕρημα n (heúrēma)
Haitian Creole: dekouvèt
Hebrew: תַּגְלִית‎ f (taglít)
Hindi: खोज (hi) f (khoj), आविष्कार (hi) m (āviṣkār)
Hungarian: felfedezés (hu)
Interlingua: discoperta
Italian: scoperta (it) f
Japanese: 発見 (ja) (はっけん, hakken)
Kazakh: ашу (kk) (aşw)
Korean: 발견 (ko) (balgyeon) (發見 (ko))

Kyrgyz: ачуу (ky) (açuu), ачылыш (ky) (açılış)
Lao: ການຄົ້ນພົບ (kān khon phop)
Latin: inventio (la) f, repertum n
Latvian: atklāšana, atklājums m
Lithuanian: atradimas m, atskleidimas m
Macedonian: откри́тие n (otkrítie)
Malay: penemuan
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: нээлт (mn) (neelt)

Uyghurjin: ᠨᠡᠭᠡᠭᠡᠯᠲᠡ (negegelte)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oppdagelse m
Occitan: descobèrta f
Persian: کشف‎ (fa) (kašf), اکتشاف‎ (fa) (ektešâf), یافته‎ (fa) (yâfte)
Polish: odkrycie (pl) n
Portuguese: descoberta (pt) f
Romanian: descoperire (ro) f
Russian: откры́тие (ru) n (otkrýtije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: откри́ће n

Roman: otkríće (sh) n
Slovak: objav m
Slovene: odkritje (sl) n
Spanish: descubrimiento (es) m, hallazgo (es) m
Swedish: upptäckt (sv) c, fynd (sv) n
Tajik: кашф (kašf), ихтироъ (ixtiroʾ), кашфиёт (kašfiyot), иктишоф (iktišof)
Thai: การค้นพบ
Ukrainian: відкриття́ n (vidkryttjá)
Urdu: انکشاف‎ (inkišāf)
Uzbek: kashfiyot (uz), ixtiro (uz)
Vietnamese: khám phá (vi)

the discovering of new things

Arabic: اِكْتِشَاف‎ (ar) m (iktišāf)
Asturian: descubrimientu m
Bulgarian: откри́тие (bg) n (otkrítie)
Catalan: descobriment (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 發現 (zh), 发现 (zh) (fāxiàn)
Czech: objevování n, průzkum (cs) m
Danish: opdagelse c
Dutch: ontdekking (nl) f
Esperanto: trovo (eo)
Finnish: löytäminen (fi)
French: découverte (fr) f
Galician: descubrimento (gl) m
Georgian: აღმოჩენა (aɣmočena)
German: Entdeckung (de) f
Greek: ανακάλυψη (el) f (anakálypsi)
Ancient: εὕρημα f (heúrēma)
Hebrew: גילוי‎ m (gilúy)

Hungarian: felfedezés (hu)
Interlingua: discoperta
Italian: scoperta (it) f
Japanese: 発見 (ja) (はっけん, hakken)
Kazakh: ашу (kk) (aşw)
Korean: 발견 (ko) (balgyeon) (發見 (ko))
Latin: inventio (la) f
Latvian: atklāšana f
Lithuanian: atradimas m
Maori: tūhuratanga
Occitan: descobèrta f
Persian: کشف‎ (fa) (kašf), اکتشاف‎ (fa) (ektešâf)
Polish: odkrywanie (pl) n
Portuguese: descobrimento (pt) m, descoberta (pt) f
Russian: откры́тие (ru) n (otkrýtije), открыва́ние (ru) n (otkryvánije)
Slovak: hľadanie
Spanish: descubrimiento (es) m, hallazgo (es) m
Swedish: upptäckt (sv) c, fynd (sv) n
Thai: การค้นหา (th)

legal: pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered

Czech: vyšetřování (cs) n
Finnish: tutkinta (fi)

Hebrew: גילוי‎ m (gilúy), גילוי מסמכים‎ m (gilúy mismakhím)
Spanish: descubrimiento (es) m

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

Finnish: näyttö (fi)

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French: ^{(please verify)} découverte (fr) f
Italian: ^{(please verify)} scoperta (it) f
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} دۆزینەوە‎ (ku) (dozînewe)

Lithuanian: (?) ^{(please verify)} atradinys m (1), (2) ^{(please verify)} atradimas m
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 發現 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 发现 (zh)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} descoperire (ro)
Slovene: (1) ^{(please verify)} odkritje (sl) n