🔎discovery

noun
/dɪˈskʌvəri/

Meaning

The act of finding or learning something for the first time.

Example Sentences

The discovery of penicillin changed medical history.

Example Expressions

make a discovery

Synonyms

finding, invention, detection, revelation

Antonyms

loss, concealment

Collocations

scientific discovery, new discovery, make a discovery, important discovery

More Example Sentences

I would like to do a discovery call to fully understand the project requirements.

A scientist discovers a new plant in a tropical rainforest during a three-month research trip and carefully documents its features by taking photographs and collecting samples to study back at the university lab where her team analyzes the plant's unique properties and compares them with known species before confirming that it is indeed a new discovery and publishing the findings in a respected scientific journal.

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