Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word The act of finding or learning something for the first time.
Discovery
/dɪsˈkʌvəri/Synonyms:
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Examples:
Will you go on an expedition to test my discoveries?'
"Singular discovery of a will, lost twenty-one years."
There are fifty doors by which discovery may enter.
Etymology:
The word discovery originated from the Old French word descoverir meaning uncover, unveil, reveal. It was adopted around the 15th century from late Latin "discooperire," meaning "to uncover, expose," from dis- entirely + cooperire to cover over.
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