noun · academic
discovery
/dɪsˈkʌvəri/dis·COV·ery
the act or process of finding something that was not known before
Examples
“The discovery of a new antibiotic could save millions of lives.”
“Recent discoveries in genetics have transformed medicine.”
“A major discovery was reported in the journal last month.”
Band 8 sentence
“The laboratory's discovery of a previously unknown mechanism opened up new avenues for treating the disease.”
Collocations
- scientific discovery
- make a discovery
- recent discovery
Word family
Common mistakes
Many discovery were reported last year.→Many discoveries were reported last year.
We made a great discovery the medicine.→We made a great discovery about the medicine.
Say it for a higher band
5find→6finding→7+discovery
Synonyms
finding
Easily confused
finding
“The study's primary finding was that the intervention reduced symptoms by 30%.”
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