discovery
/dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/ noun B1- Something discovered. · This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.
- The discovering of new things. · The purpose of the voyage was discovery.· Automatic discovery of RSS feeds by a Web browser.
- A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered. · The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery.
- 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.
- A discovered attack.
Plural discoveries
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The discovery that this was a dummy, and that the bed was clamped to the floor, instantly gave rise to the suspicion that the rope was there as a bridge for something passing through the hole and coming to the bed.
All these raptured voyages of exploration were made in the odd half hours which she was allowed for play, and Anne talked Matthew and Marilla half-deaf over her discoveries.
A great step had been gained by the discovery of the address of the house at which he had boarded—a result which was entirely due to the acuteness and energy of Mr.
Then Marilla suddenly became aware of an uncomfortable and rebuking consciousness that she felt more humiliation over this than sorrow over the discovery of such a serious defect in Anne’s disposition.
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