discovery

Plural: discoveries

Noun

• the act of discovering something
• something that is discovered
• a productive insight
• (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
• Something discovered.
• The discovering of new things.
• An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.
• A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
• Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
• A discovered attack.

Examples

• Automatic discovery of RSS feeds by a Web browser.
• The defense argued that the plaintiff's discovery was inadequate.
• The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery.
• The purpose of the voyage was discovery.
• This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.

Synonyms

breakthrough, find, uncovering

Related Words

discover, discoverer