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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

発見

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hakken

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Discovery/dɪˈskʌv.ər.i/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #850 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"新しい薬の発見によって多くの命が救われた。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action or process of uncovering or discovering something previously hidden, unknown, or secret.

    "The unexpected discovery of the hidden documents changed the course of the investigation."
  2. 2

    A fact or thing that is discovered.

    "Marie Curie's scientific discovery of radium revolutionized modern physics and medicine."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Anglo-French word 'discovere', stemming from the Old French 'descovrir', combining the prefix 'des-' (expressing reversal) and 'covrir' (to cover). It entered the English language in the late 14th century, initially signifying the uncovering or revealing of something previously hidden.

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