Commentary: DISCOVERY[+event] find, uncovering, breakthrough - the act of discovering something
Examples:
Their discovery of the treasure in the backyard made them rich.
Since her discovery of the stray cat she's been a happier child.
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PropBank: discovery.01
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 1 3
Commentary: something that is discovered
Examples:
Fido's new discovery suddenly jumped up and hopped across the yard.
John's picked up his discovery and place it into his pocket.
Mappings:
PropBank: discovery.01
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to the case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case
Examples:
They used electronic discovery and evidence resources.
Evidence and data discovery was done the night before the trial.
Mappings:
PropBank: discovery.01
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 4