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Noun

1. breakthrough, discovery, find

a productive insight

2. discovery, find, uncovering

the act of discovering something

Verb

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'

8. find, see, witness

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'

13. find, rule

decide on and make a declaration about

Example Sentences:
'find someone guilty'

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.


Find

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verbWord forms: finds, finding or found (faʊnd ) (mainly tr)
1. 
to meet with or discover by chance
2. 
to discover or obtain, esp by search or effort
to find happiness
3. (may take a clause as object)
to become aware of; realize
he found that nobody knew
4. (may take a clause as object)
to regard as being; consider
I find this wine a little sour
5. 
to look for and point out (something to be criticized)
to find fault
6. (also intr) law
to determine an issue after judicial inquiry and pronounce a verdict (upon)
the court found the accused guilty
7. 
to regain (something lost or not functioning)
to find one's tongue
8. 
to reach (a target)
the bullet found its mark
9. 
to provide, esp with difficulty
we'll find room for you too
10. 
to be able to pay
I can't find that amount of money
11.  find oneself
12.  find one's feet
noun
13. 
a person, thing, etc, that is found, esp a valuable or fortunate discovery

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Find

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verb transitiveWord forms: found or ˈfinding
1. 
to happen on; come upon; meet with; discover by chance
2. 
to get by searching or by making an effort
find the answer
3. 
to get sight or knowledge of; perceive; learn
I find that I was wrong
4. 
to experience or feel
to find pleasure in music
5. 
a. 
to get or recover (something lost)
to find a missing book
b. 
to get or recover the use of
we found our sea legs
6. 
to realize as being; consider; think
to find a book boring
7. 
to get to; reach; attain
the blow found his chin
8. 
to declare after careful thought
the jury found him innocent
9. 
to supply; furnish
see also found2
verb intransitive
10. 
to reach and announce a decision
the jury found for the accused
noun
11. 
the act of finding
12. 
something found, esp. something interesting or valuable

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Find

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v. found (found), find·ing, finds
v.tr.
1. To come upon, often by accident; meet with: found a dime on the floor.
2. To come upon or discover by searching or making an effort: finally found the leak in the pipe.
3. To discover or ascertain through observation, experience, or study: found a solution; find the product of two numbers; found that it didn't really matter.
4.
a. To perceive to be, after experience or consideration: found the gadget surprisingly useful; found the book entertaining.
b. To experience or feel: found comfort in her smile.
5. To recover (something lost): found her keys.
6. To recover the use of; regain: found my voice and replied.
7. To succeed in reaching; arrive at: The dart found its mark.
8. To obtain or acquire by effort: found the money by economizing.
9. To decide on and make a declaration about: The jury deliberated and found a verdict of guilty.
10. To furnish; supply: We can find a bed for you somewhere in the house.
11.
a. To bring (oneself) to an awareness of what one truly wishes to be and do in life.
b. To perceive (oneself) to be in a specific place or condition: found herself at home that night; found himself drawn to the stranger.
v.intr.
To come to a legal decision or verdict: The jury found for the defendant.
n.
1. The act of finding.
2. Something that is found, especially an unexpectedly valuable discovery: The Rosetta stone was a providential archaeological find.

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