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English noun: discovery | |||
| 1. | discovery (act) the act of discovering something | ||
| Synonyms | find, uncovering | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, deed, human action, human activity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | breakthrough, catching, detection, determination, espial, finding, rediscovery, self-discovery, spotting, spying, tracing | ||
| 2. | discovery (communication) something that is discovered | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disclosure, revealing, revelation | ||
| 3. | discovery (cognition) a productive insight | ||
| Synonyms | breakthrough, find | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | brainstorm, brainwave, insight | ||
| 4. | discovery (communication) (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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disclosure, revealing, revelation | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
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