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1. | [ verb ] come upon, as if by accident; meet with | |
Synonyms: | encounter hit bump chance happen | |
Examples: | "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" |
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Related terms: | discovery meeting | |
2. | [ verb ] discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of | |
Synonyms: | observe notice discover detect | |
Examples: | "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water" "We found traces of lead in the paint" |
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Related terms: | sight develop trace find_out sense see instantiate discover observation determination discovery perceiver detector discovery discovery notice detection finding observation observation detecting discoverer detector | |
3. | [ verb ] come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost | |
Synonyms: | regain | |
Examples: | "Did you find your glasses?" "I cannot find my gloves!" |
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Related terms: | lose get locate strike attain rout_up feel recover discovery discoverer | |
4. | [ verb ] come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds | |
Synonyms: | feel | |
Examples: | : "I feel that he doesn't like me" "I find him to be obnoxious" "I found the movie rather entertaining" |
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Related terms: | reason conclude rule | |
5. | [ verb ] after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study | |
Synonyms: | determine find_out ascertain | |
Examples: | "find the product of two numbers" "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" |
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Related terms: | count situate refract admeasure gauge translate sequence redetermine rectify discover determine decision determination | |
6. | [ verb ] perceive with any or all of one's senses | |
Synonyms: | see witness | |
Examples: | "We found Republicans winning the offices" "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school" give rise to or be characterized by "The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation" "I want to see results" |
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Related terms: | experience catch learn spectator | |
7. | [ verb ] get something or somebody for a specific purpose | |
Synonyms: | line_up come_up get_hold | |
Examples: | "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" |
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Related terms: | get | |
8. | [ verb ] make a discovery, make a new finding | |
Synonyms: | discover | |
Examples: | "Roentgen discovered X-rays" "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle" |
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Related terms: | conceive detect determine discover discovery discovery finding inventor | |
9. | [ verb ] make a discovery | |
Synonyms: | discover | |
Examples: | "She found that he had lied to her" "The story is false, so far as I can discover" |
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Related terms: | learn ferret rake_up ferret_out learn discover discovery discovery | |
10. | [ verb ] decide on and make a declaration about | |
Synonyms: | rule | |
Examples: | "find someone guilty" |
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Related terms: | pronounce finding | |
11. | [ verb ] obtain through effort or management | |
Examples: | "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents" "We found the money to send our sons to college" |
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Related terms: | get | |
12. | [ verb ] receive a specified treatment (abstract) | |
Synonyms: | get receive obtain incur | |
Examples: | "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" |
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Related terms: | change take get | |
13. | [ verb ] perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place | |
Examples: | "I found myself in a difficult situation" "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room" |
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Related terms: | perceive witness | |
14. | [ verb ] accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation | |
Synonyms: | find_oneself | |
Examples: | "My son went to Berkeley to find himself" |
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Related terms: | mature | |
15. | [ verb ] get or find back; recover the use of | |
Synonyms: | retrieve recover regain | |
Examples: | "She regained control of herself" "She found her voice and replied quickly" |
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Related terms: | get access restitution recovery | |
16. | [ verb ] succeed in reaching; arrive at | |
Examples: | "The arrow found its mark" |
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Related terms: | reach | |
17. | [ noun ] (psychology) a productive insight | |
Synonyms: | discovery breakthrough | |
Related terms: | insight learn discover discover | |
18. | [ verb ] become aware of who one is and what one wants to do in life | |
Examples: | "My son went to Berkeley to find himself" |
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Related terms: | reach recognize | |
19. | [ noun ] the act of discovering something | |
Synonyms: | discovery uncovering | |
Related terms: | deed determination detection breakthrough rediscovery self-discovery detect learn discover discover strike discover | |
Similar spelling: |
fiend fined |