discovery
/dɪˈskʌv(ə)ri/
US pronunciation
American sound/dɪˈskʌv(ə)ri/
dɪˈskʌvəri
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
dɪ - ˈskʌvəri -> discovery
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
၁။ (က) [U] စူးစမ်းရှာဖွေခြင်း။ ရှာဖွေ တွေ့ရှိခြင်း။
a voyage of discovery ❍ the discovery of Australia ❍ the discovery by Franklin that lightning is electricity.
(ခ) [C] ရှာဖွေတွေ့ရှိမှု။ တွေ့ရှိချက်။
an accidental/unexpected discovery ❍ Researchers have recently made some important new discoveries. ❍ He buried the treasure to prevent its discovery. ရတနာ ပစ္စည်းတွေကို သူများရှာမတွေ့အောင် မြှုပ်ထားတယ်။
၂။ [C] ရှာဖွေရရှိသော အရာ၊ ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်။
Like many discoveries, nuclear power can be used for good or evil. ❍ a successful singing debut by a sensational new discovery.
More examples
- The award recognizes distinction in exploration, discovery, and research.
- Our country continues to lead the world in scientific discoveries.
- [discovery of] : Police announced the discovery of the body late last night.
- [discovery that] : The discovery that the universe is expanding
- [make a discovery] : We made some interesting discoveries about our own family.
- This is one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the century.
- Gisela is one of Lagerfeld’s latest discoveries.
Synonyms
detection, finding, unearthing, sighting, algorithm, analysis, ascertainment, authentication, bonanza, breakthrough, calculation, certification, conclusion, contrivance, coup, data, design, determination, device, diagnosis, discernment, disclosure, distinguishing, empiricism, encounter, espial, experimentation, exploration, exposition, exposure, feeling, find, formula, godsend, hearing, identification, innovation, introduction, invention, law, learning, locating, location, luck, luck out, machine, method, origination, perception, principle, process, result, revelation, secret, sensing, strike, theorem, treasure; invention, uncovering, verification, way
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