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