discovery

Examples

• All

• Her recent discovery of a hidden cave has attracted many explorers to the area.

• This is the biggest scientific discovery of the century.

  Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)

• This was a new discovery for me this year.

  Allana Davison

• Four months ago, there was a discovery just off the coast of my country.

  Play Dirty (2025)

• There were no big discoveries to be made yet.

• This is one of the great discoveries by Newton.

• Innovations from the United States have often led the world to new discoveries and solutions to complex problems.

  Academic text (2013)

• This is probably the biggest zoological discovery of the century.

  Tremors (1990)

• So, we've made some discoveries that I'd love to share with you.

  Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022)

• The kindergarteners were eager to share their knowledge and new discoveries with her!

  Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

F

finding

vsdiscovery

330 3.4

A fact or result found by research

is used for any newly learned thing or place, not only research results

F

find

vsdiscovery

94 5.8

An object discovered that is interesting or valuable

is the neutral label for any newly learned thing, fact, or place

T

trouvaille

vsdiscovery

9.9

A lucky unexpected discovery of something valuable or interesting

is a general term for any newly learned thing, fact, or place without luck

Antonyms

C

concealment

8 5.0

Keeping something hidden or secret

Compounds

S

self-discovery

11 4.5

Finding out who you are, your feelings, and why you do things

D

Discovery Day

• Canadian

1 4.2

A public holiday that remembers Christopher Columbus finding the Americas

How Significant

landmark

16 4.4

breakthrough

242 3.9

revelation

175 5.0

discovery

185 1.0

finding

330 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology