rediscovery

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noun

The act of rediscovering.

UncommonScrabble 20

Meanings

nounrediscovery (countable and uncountable, plural rediscoveries)

plural rediscoveries

  1. countableuncountableThe act of rediscovering.

    For fans, the shows are a pilgrimage, and a rediscovery of the joys of mass gatherings.

    2023 August 5, Ben Sisario, “How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Conquered the World”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2023
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    The most important result of Mr. Mercer's work was the rediscovery of the tunnel, which had been buried, although still accessible through the partly blocked southern portal of the second and larger tunnel, built contiguously to the old one, about 1840.

    1951 May, “Notes and News: The Penydarran Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 350
  2. countableuncountableA second or subsequent discovery of the same thing.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishdiscovery
  7. Englishrediscovery

From re- + discovery.

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Translations

Dutch herontdekking
  • herontdekkingact of rediscovering
Finnish uudelleen löytäminen
  • uudelleen löytäminenact of rediscovering
French redécouverte
  • redécouverteact of rediscovering
German Wiederentdeckung
  • Wiederentdeckungact of rediscovering
Irish athaimsiú
  • athaimsiúact of rediscovering
Italian riscoperta
  • riscopertaact of rediscovering
Japanese 再認識
  • 再認識 (saininshiki)act of rediscovering
Polish ponowne odkrycie
  • ponowne odkrycieact of rediscovering
Romanian redescoperire
  • redescoperireact of rediscovering
Spanish redescubrimiento
  • redescubrimientoact of rediscovering
Cite this entry
APA

rediscovery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rediscovery

MLA

“rediscovery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rediscovery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rediscovery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rediscovery.

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