discovery

1 عمومی:: كشف‌، اكتشاف‌، پی‌ بری‌، یابش‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general::   noun 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.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

2 general:: noun finding: The discovery of America was in 1492.

Simple Definitions

3 general:: discovery verbs make a discovery • By making new discoveries we expand our understanding of the natural world. lead to a discovery • It was pure chance that led to the discovery. ADJECTIVES a new discovery • New discoveries are being made all the time. a recent discovery • the recent discovery of frozen water on the moon a great/major/important discovery • The archaeologists had made an important discovery. a scientific/medical etc discovery • The book covers the major scientific discoveries of the last century. an exciting discovery • The existence of the new solar system was a very exciting discovery. a surprising/unexpected discovery • Their work led to some surprising discoveries. a startling discovery (= very surprising ) • When they examined the virus, they made a startling discovery. an accidental/chance discovery (= happening by chance ) • Some of the tombs were the result of chance discoveries. a grim discovery (= an unpleasant and sad discovery such as finding a dead body ) • Police made the grim discovery while they were searching the house.

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