how to pronounce discovery

/dɪsˈkʌvɚiː/

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discovery is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of discovery in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… initiative discovery partners institute …”

meaning of discovery

Discovery means the act of finding out something new.

discovery frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word discovery occurs in english on average 22 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics discovery can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that discovery can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;