discoveries

Noun

discovery (countable and uncountable, plural discoveries)

1. Something discovered.
   • This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.
2. (uncountable) The discovering of new things.
   • The purpose of the voyage was discovery.
3. (archaic, countable) An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.
   • Don Huberto actually fell in love with his kinswoman, and had presumption enough to declare his passion […] The lady being a woman of discretion, instead of making a discovery, which might have been attended with melancholy consequences, reprimanded her relation with gentleness […]1822, Alain René Le Sage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane
4. (uncountable) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
   • The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery.
5. (uncountable) Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
   • The defense argued that the plaintiff's discovery was inadequate.
6. A discovered attack.
   • 1700: "If I play f4, he can check me with ...Qd4, but then he has to move his Queen because he can easily lose it to a Bishop discovery on b5. He could also check me on c5 when his Queen might be safer. I could just move out of the way, though, and continue my attack."1999, Jeremy Silman, The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions Into Chess Mastery, 2nd edition, Los Angeles, C.A.: Siles Press, →ISBN, page 189