{
    "term": "discovery",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an act or the process of finding somebody/something, or learning about something that was not known about before",
            "sensetop": "discovery of somethingdiscovery that…",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Researchers in this field have **made** some important new **discoveries**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "New **scientific discoveries** are being made all the time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the discovery of antibiotics in the twentieth century",
                    "contextForm": "discovery of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The discovery of a child's body in the river has shocked the community."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the discovery of new talent in the art world"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He saw life as a **voyage of discovery**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film takes us on a **journey of discovery** to different parts of the globe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was shocked by the discovery that he had been unfaithful.",
                    "contextForm": "discovery that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In 1974 Hawking **made the discovery** *(= he discovered)* that black holes give off radiation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The story tells of a man's journey of personal discovery up an African river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There may be many unexpected treasures awaiting discovery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the awful discovery that he had been deceiving her"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the discovery of oil in the North Sea"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the grisly discovery of a decapitated body"
                },
                {
                    "text": "To tour the country is to take a voyage of discovery through a land of endless variety."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the United States, much drug discovery is done by the government."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Scientific research"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "great", "important"],
                "verb + discovery": ["make", "lead to", "await"],
                "preposition": ["discovery by", "discovery of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a process of discovery",
                    "a journey of discovery",
                    "a voyage of discovery"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a thing, fact or person that is found or learned about for the first time",
            "sensetop": "discovery about something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The drug is not a new discovery—it's been known about for years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "one of the most important **scientific discoveries** of all time"
                },
                {
                    "text": "potentially the biggest archaeological discovery in Norway for fifty years"
                },
                {
                    "text": "recent discoveries about sleep",
                    "contextForm": "discovery about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their work led to some important medical discoveries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a discovery by a French scientist"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Scientific research"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "great", "important"],
                "verb + discovery": ["make", "lead to", "await"],
                "preposition": ["discovery by", "discovery of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a process of discovery",
                    "a journey of discovery",
                    "a voyage of discovery"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈskʌvəri/",
                "audio": "di/discovery/discovery__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈskʌvəri/",
                "audio": "di/discovery/discovery__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from discover, on the pattern of the pair recover, recovery."
}