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find
(f/aI/nd )

noun (n)

  • a productive insight(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    breakthrough, discovery
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of discovering something(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    discovery, uncovering
    source: wordnet30
  • Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archæologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • come upon, as if by accident; meet with(verb.possession)
    Example:
    We find this idea in Plato.
    Synonym:
    bump, chance, encounter, happen
    source: wordnet30
  • discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of(verb.perception)
    Synonym:
    detect, discover, notice, observe
    source: wordnet30
  • come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost(verb.possession)
    Example:
    Did you find your glasses?.
    I cannot find my gloves!.
    Synonym:
    regain
    Antonym:
    lose
    source: wordnet30
  • establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study(verb.communication)
    Example:
    Find the product of two numbers.
    Synonym:
    ascertain, determine, find out
    source: wordnet30
  • come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    I find him to be obnoxious.
    Synonym:
    feel
    source: wordnet30
  • perceive or be contemporaneous with(verb.perception)
    Synonym:
    see, witness
    source: wordnet30
  • get something or somebody for a specific purpose(verb.possession)
    Synonym:
    come up, get hold, line up
    source: wordnet30
  • make a discovery, make a new finding(verb.creation)
    Synonym:
    discover
    source: wordnet30
  • make a discovery(verb.cognition)
    source: wordnet30
  • obtain through effort or management(verb.possession)
    source: wordnet30
  • decide on and make a declaration about(verb.communication)
    Example:
    Find someone guilty.
    Synonym:
    rule
    source: wordnet30
  • receive a specified treatment (abstract)(verb.change)
    Example:
    These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation.
    Synonym:
    get, incur, obtain, receive
    source: wordnet30
  • perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place(verb.perception)
    source: wordnet30
  • get or find back; recover the use of(verb.possession)
    Synonym:
    recover, regain, retrieve
    source: wordnet30
  • succeed in reaching; arrive at(verb.motion)
    source: wordnet30
  • accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation(verb.change)
    Example:
    My son went to Berkeley to find himself.
    Synonym:
    find oneself
    source: wordnet30
  • To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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