discovery

Other forms of discovery

plural

discoveries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about discovery

What does discovery mean?

discovery means "the act of discovering something". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in discovery?

discovery has 4 syllables: di-scov-e-ry. The stress falls on "scov". In IPA it is /dɪˈskʌvɚi/.

What is another word for discovery?

Close synonyms include find, uncovering, breakthrough, find. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is discovery a common word?

discovery is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.