discovery
US: /ˌdɪsˈkəvɹi/, /dɪˈskəvɝi/, /dɪˈskəvɹi/
UK: /dɪskˈʌvəɹi/
UK: /dɪskˈʌvəɹi/
English Vietnamese dictionary
discovery /dis'kʌvəri/
- danh từ
- sự khám phá ra, sự tìm ra, sự phát hiện ra
- điều khám phá ra, điều tìm ra, điều phát hiện ra; phát minh
- sự để lộ ra (bí mật...)
- nút mở, nút gỡ (trong một vở kịch...)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun (plural discoveries)
1 [C, U] ~ (of sth)
~ (that ...) an act or the process of finding sb/sth, or learning about sth that was not known about before: the discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century + The discovery of a child's body in the river has shocked the community. + Researchers in this field have made some important new discoveries. + He saw life as a voyage of discovery. + She was shocked by the discovery that he had been unfaithful. + the discovery of new talent in the art world + In 1974 Hawking made the discovery (= he discovered) that black holes give off radiation.
2 [C] a thing, fact or person that is found or learned about for the first time: The drug is not a new discovery-it's been known about for years.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 finding, recognition, uncovering, determining, ascertaining, unearthing; origination, invention, conception, idea; development:
Who is credited with the discovery of Christmas Island? That year marks the discovery of a vaccine against smallpox.
2 exploration, disclosure, detection, revelation:
He's off on a voyage of discovery.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
amazing, big, exciting, great, important, major, remarkable, significant, startling, surprising, unexpected
potentially the biggest archaeological discovery in Norway for fifty years
| awful, chilling, grim, terrible
the awful discovery that he had been deceiving her
| latest, new, recent | accidental, chance
All these were chance discoveries made by scientists engaged in other investigations.
| archaeological, medical, scientific | personal
The story tells of a man's journey of personal discovery up an African river.
VERB + DISCOVERY
make
New scientific discoveries are being made all the time.
| lead to
Their work led to some important medical discoveries.
| await
There may be many unexpected treasures awaiting discovery.
PREP.
~ by
a discovery by a French scientist
| ~ of
the discovery of oil in the North Sea
PHRASES
a process of discovery, a journey/voyage of discovery
(figurative) To tour Sri Lanka is to take a voyage of discovery through a land of endless variety.
Concise English dictionary
discoveriesdɪ'skʌvərɪ
noun
+the act of discovering something
+something that is discovered
+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
