discovery
part of speech
noun (a discovery, discoveries; discovery, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) A discovery is the finding of something that nobody knew about before, or something that is found. tree →
2) A discovery is also learning or realising something new for yourself. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science and history, great discoveries include fossils, new planets, medicines and lands that were new to the explorers. In school, children make their own discoveries in experiments. In stories, a discovery often changes the plot. Phrases: make a discovery, a great discovery, voyage of discovery, the discovery of.
examples
- The discovery of penicillin saved many lives. tree →
- We made an exciting discovery in the garden: a frog! tree →
- Scientists made a new discovery about the Moon. tree →
- The discovery of a dinosaur bone surprised the town. tree →
- Each day at school is full of discoveries. tree →
- Explorers went on voyages of discovery. tree →
- Her discovery that she could swim made her very happy. tree →
- The thief, meantime, told his comrades of his discovery. tree →
note
Countable (a discovery, discoveries: y becomes ies) and uncountable (the joy of discovery). Verb: discover. Trap: you «discover» what already exists; you «invent» something new that did not exist before.
In the corpora
- Great discoveries are often stories of patience and luck.
- Rubber was a Native American discovery, made from the sap of trees.
- Real discovery is slower and shared.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «discovery» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.