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How to pronounce discovery in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms find, uncovering
Type of act, deed, human action, human activity
Has types finding, espial, rediscovery, determination, detection, catching, breakthrough, self-discovery, spotting, spying, tracing
Derivation discover
Type Words
Synonyms breakthrough, find
Type of insight, brainwave, brainstorm
Derivation discover
Type Words
Type of revealing, disclosure, revelation
Type Words
Type of revelation, revealing, disclosure
Derivation discover

Examples of discovery

discovery
That area had been thoroughly searched before Wednesday's discovery, Young said.
From the thenewstribune.com
Discovery declined to comment, Michelle Russo, a spokeswoman, said in an e-mail.
From the bloomberg.com
The discovery of artifacts buried in the ground near the building caused delays.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Just as in Patricia's case, I had a long and difficult journey to the discovery.
From the post-gazette.com
The discovery brought Gall's wife, Terry, and 8-year-old daughter Dana to tears.
From the upi.com
The sale will also increase Woodside's interest in the Egret oil discovery area.
From the foxbusiness.com
By 1990, she had patented her discovery, and the couple was ready to make money.
From the forbes.com
Discovery of large-scale gravitational infall in a massive protostellar cluster.
From the sciencedaily.com
Discovery Channel has long maintained shark activism throughout its programming.
From the time.com
More examples
  • The act of discovering something
  • A productive insight
  • (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
  • Ascertained: discovered or determined by scientific observation; "variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors"; "the discovered behavior norms"; "discovered differences in achievement"; "no explanation for the observed phenomena"
  • Discovery! is the debut album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd released on the Columbia label featuring performances by Lloyd with Don Friedman, Eddie Khan, Roy Haynes, Richard Davis, and J.C. Moses. ...
  • Discovery was a 20-ton "fly-boat" of the British East India Company, launched before 1602.
  • Discovery was a television program geared towards children and teenagers, produced by ABC News. The program began in the fall of 1962 as a weekday series, and was later moved to Sunday mornings. The program was hosted by actor/announcer Frank Buxton and actress/vocalist Virginia Gibson. ...
  • Discovery is the American indie rock, electronic, funk recording project of Rostam Batmanglij the keyboardist from Vampire Weekend and Wes Miles the vocalist from Ra Ra Riot, friends who began recording together in the summer of 2005.
  • Discovery is a dessert apple cultivar.