Definitions
the act of discovering something
Word origin
from discover + -ery, on the pattern of the pair recover, recovery. Displaced native Old English onfundennes.
Used in a sentence
“This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.”
“Indeed, this discovery of meaning in symbols may be the most astounding intellectual feat that any human being ever performs—and most humans perform it before they are seven years old!”
“The purpose of the voyage was discovery.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues
01“Finding something new”9 letters
02“New find”9 letters
03“New finding”9 letters
04“New finding or realization”9 letters
05“New thing found”9 letters
06“Act of finding something”9 letters
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