Discovery
Channel for documentaries
Discovery is the act of finding or learning something for the first time: the discovery of penicillin, a voyage of discovery.
It extends to things found: The cave paintings were an extraordinary discovery.
In law, discovery is the pre-trial process where parties exchange relevant information and evidence: The emails emerged during discovery.
Sudden important advance
- findingConclusion from investigation
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
eureka · Newton · Darwin · Curie · laboratory · observation · evidence · proof
Act of revealing information
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- interrogatoryPertaining to examination
testimony · litigation · pretrial · documents · records · plaintiff · defendant · attorney
Grasping what's true
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
revelation · enlightenment · aha moment · growth · introspection · mindfulness · journey · transformation
Organized exploratory journey
- voyageJourney by sea
- journeyTravel from place to place
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- unchartedNot yet documented
frontier · terra incognita · Columbus · Magellan · expedition · charting · mapping · reconnaissance
Passage for transmission
- networkInterconnected system
- documentaryFactual film about reality
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- natureInherent quality or disposition
wildlife · Attenborough · programming · series · television · educational · shark week · broadcast
Revealing something hidden
- unearthingDiscovering something hidden
- locatingDetermining position of
- stumbling uponFinding by chance
- encounteringComing upon unexpectedly
detecting · spotting · revealing · exposing · noticing · recognizing · identifying · coming across
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
- findingConclusion from investigation
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
experiment · eureka · Newton · Darwin · Curie · laboratory · observation · evidence · proof · revelation
disclosure
Act of revealing information
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
interrogatory · testimony · litigation · pretrial · documents · records · plaintiff · defendant · attorney · prosecution
realization
Grasping what's true
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
insight · revelation · enlightenment · aha moment · growth · introspection · mindfulness · journey · transformation · understanding
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
- voyageJourney by sea
- journeyTravel from place to place
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
uncharted · frontier · terra incognita · Columbus · Magellan · expedition · charting · mapping · reconnaissance · scout
channel
Passage for transmission
- networkInterconnected system
- documentaryFactual film about reality
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
nature · wildlife · Attenborough · programming · series · television · educational · shark week · broadcast · viewing
uncovering
Revealing something hidden
- unearthingDiscovering something hidden
- locatingDetermining position of
- stumbling uponFinding by chance
encountering · detecting · spotting · revealing · exposing · noticing · recognizing · identifying · coming across · happening upon
- spacecraftspacecraft, starships, spaceship, Voyager 1, rocket ships
- Daft Punk albums
- media companiesDisney, Netflix, NBCUniversal, Paramount, Viacom
- Apple VarietiesGranny Smith, Pink Lady, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Honeycrisp
- exploration vesselsicebreaker, Santa Maria, Endeavour, Beagle, Kon-Tiki
- Space ShuttlesAtlantis, Challenger, Columbia, Endeavour, Enterprise
Discoverycover-up
Hiding wrongdoing from public
concealment · hiding · suppression · loss · overlooking
DiscoveryEndeavour
Named vessel, two famous
Atlantis · Columbia · Challenger · Enterprise
- gold discoveryFinding valuable yellow metal
- scientific discoveryNew knowledge from research
- self discoveryLearning one's own character
- fossil discoveryLocating preserved ancient organisms
- Discovery ChannelCable network featuring documentaries
- discovery of fireLearning to control flames
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