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rediscovery

rediscovery noun: the act of rediscovering.

Noun

rediscovery (countable and uncountable, plural rediscoveries)

  1. The act of rediscovering.
    • The most important result of Mr. Mercer's work was the rediscovery of the tunnel, which had been buried, although still accessible through the partly blocked southern portal of the second and larger tunnel, built contiguously to the old one, about 1840.1951 May, “Notes and News: The Penydarran Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 350
    • For fans, the shows are a pilgrimage, and a rediscovery of the joys of mass gatherings.2023 August 5, Ben Sisario, “How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Conquered the World”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2023
  2. A second or subsequent discovery of the same thing.

Forms of rediscovery

pluralrediscoveries

Origin of rediscovery

From re- + discovery.

Questions about rediscovery

What does rediscovery mean?
Rediscovery means the act of rediscovering.
What part of speech is rediscovery?
Rediscovery is a noun.
What is the plural of rediscovery?
The plural of rediscovery is rediscoveries.

Words near rediscovery in the dictionary

  1. rediscoveries
  2. rediscovering
  3. rediscovering fire
  4. rediscovers
  5. rediscovers fire
  6. rediscovery
  7. rediscretization
  8. rediscretizations
  9. rediscretize
  10. rediscretized
  11. rediscuss

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