discovery | ||
1. | [ noun ] the act of discovering something | |
Synonyms: | uncovering find | |
Related terms: | deed determination detection breakthrough rediscovery self-discovery find detect learn discover discover strike discover | |
2. | [ noun ] (psychology) a productive insight | |
Synonyms: | breakthrough find | |
Related terms: | insight learn discover discover | |
3. | [ noun ] something that is discovered | |
Related terms: | disclosure learn discover disclose strike | |
4. | [ noun ] (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 | |
Related terms: | disclosure law | |
Similar spelling: |
discover discoverer discovered dissever discoverable disprover disprove |