discovery
the act of discovering something
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,995 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,995 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the act of discovering something also: find, uncovering
- something that is discovered
- a productive insight also: breakthrough, find
- (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
discovery in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Those who anticipated the discovery of a crime, were unhappily not deceived.
The Lerouge Case · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Lastly, the pleasant discovery that his Form treated him with courtesy and kindness.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Discovery at the last moment that patient's father suffered himself to be hung for murder.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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Encouraged by his first discovery, he was proceeding more minutely with his perquisitions, undoing the strings of every bundle.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The shock of this discovery was so real, that Prince Gnome sank fainting into the arms of his friend.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1