Word Meanings - PREDISCOVERY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A previous discovery.

Related words: (words related to PREDISCOVERY)

• PREVIOUSNESS
  The quality or state of being previous; priority or antecedence in time.
• DISCOVERY
  1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. 2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. In the clear discoveries of the next
• DISCOVERY DAY
  = Columbus Day, above.
• PREVIOUSLY
  Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed.
• PREVIOUS
  Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness. The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o'er the muttering earth. Thomson. Previous question. See under
• INDISCOVERY
  Want of discovery.
• PREDISCOVERY
  A previous discovery.
• NONDISCOVERY
  Want or failure of discovery.