"rediscovery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rediscoveries [plural]
Etymology: From re- + discovery. Etymology templates: {{af|en|re-|discovery}} re- + discovery Head templates: {{en-noun}} rediscovery (plural rediscoveries)
  1. The act of rediscovering. Translations (act of rediscovering): herontdekking [feminine] (Dutch), Wiederentdeckung [feminine] (German), athaimsiú [masculine] (Irish), riscoperta [feminine] (Italian), 再認識 (saininshiki) (alt: さいにんしき) (Japanese), redescoperire [feminine] (Romanian), redescubrimiento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rediscovery-en-noun-FPJiIvkS Categories (other): English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 59 41 Disambiguation of 'act of rediscovering': 96 4
  2. A second or subsequent discovery of the same thing.
    Sense id: en-rediscovery-en-noun-cgnUqqrp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57

Inflected forms

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