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3. bump, chance, encounter, find, happen
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
Example Sentences:'We find this idea in Plato''I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here''She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day'
4. detect, discover, find, notice, observe
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
Example Sentences:'She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water''We found traces of lead in the paint'
5. find, regain
come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
Example Sentences:'Did you find your glasses?''I cannot find my gloves!'
6. ascertain, determine, find, find out
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
Example Sentences:'find the product of two numbers''The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize'
7. feel, find
come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
Example Sentences:'I feel that he doesn't like me''I find him to be obnoxious''I found the movie rather entertaining'
perceive or be contemporaneous with
Example Sentences:'We found Republicans winning the offices''You'll see a lot of cheating in this school''The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions''I want to see results'
9. come up, find, get hold, line up
get something or somebody for a specific purpose
Example Sentences:'I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener''I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing''The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter'
10. discover, find
make a discovery, make a new finding
Example Sentences:'Roentgen discovered X-rays''Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle'
11. discover, find
make a discovery
Example Sentences:'She found that he had lied to her''The story is false, so far as I can discover'
12. find
obtain through effort or management
Example Sentences:'She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents''We found the money to send our sons to college'
14. find, get, incur, obtain, receive
receive a specified treatment (abstract)
Example Sentences:'These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation''His movie received a good review''I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions'
15. find
perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
Example Sentences:'I found myself in a difficult situation''When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room'
16. find, recover, regain, retrieve
get or find back; recover the use of
Example Sentences:'She regained control of herself''She found her voice and replied quickly'
17. find
succeed in reaching; arrive at
Example Sentences:'The arrow found its mark'
18. find, find oneself
accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
Example Sentences:'My son went to Berkeley to find himself'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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