| discovery | | |
| n. (act) | 1. discovery, find, uncovering | the act of discovering something. |
| ~ human action, human activity, act, deed | something that people do or cause to happen. |
| ~ tracing | the discovery and description of the course of development of something.; "the tracing of genealogies" |
| ~ espial, catching, detection, spotting, spying | the act of detecting something; catching sight of something. |
| ~ self-discovery | discovering your own individuality. |
| ~ breakthrough | making an important discovery. |
| ~ determination, finding | the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation.; "the determination of molecular structures" |
| ~ rediscovery | the act of discovering again. |
| n. (communication) | 2. discovery | something that is discovered. |
| ~ disclosure, revealing, revelation | the speech act of making something evident. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. breakthrough, discovery, find | a productive insight. |
| ~ brainstorm, brainwave, insight | the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation. |
| n. (communication) | 4. discovery | (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. |
| ~ disclosure, revealing, revelation | the speech act of making something evident. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
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