substantiv
the act of discovering somethingsubstantiv
a productive insightverb
accept and make use of one''s personality, abilities, and situation"My son went to Berkeley to find himself"
verb
receive a specified treatment (abstract)"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"
"His movie received a good review"
"I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
verb
come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds"I feel that he doesn''t like me"
"I find him to be obnoxious"
"I found the movie rather entertaining"
"I find him to be obnoxious"
"I found the movie rather entertaining"
verb
make a discovery"She found that he had lied to her"
"The story is false, so far as I can discover"
"The story is false, so far as I can discover"
verb
after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study"find the product of two numbers"
"The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
"The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
verb
decide on and make a declaration about"find someone guilty"
verb
make a discovery, make a new finding"Roentgen discovered X-rays"
"Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
"Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
verb
succeed in reachingarrive at
"The arrrow found its mark"
verb
perceive or be contemporaneous with"We found Republicans winning the offices"
"You''ll see a lot of cheating in this school"
"I want to see results"
"The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"
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I want to see"You''ll see a lot of cheating in this school"
"I want to see results"
"The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"
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verb
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of"She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"
"We found traces of lead in the paint"
"We found traces of lead in the paint"
verb
perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place"I found myself in a difficult situation"
"When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"
"When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"
verb
obtain through effort or management"She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"
"We found the money to send our sons to college"
"We found the money to send our sons to college"
verb
get something or somebody for a specific purpose"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"
"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"
verb
get or find backrecover the use of
"She regained control of herself"
"She found her voice and replied quickly"
"She found her voice and replied quickly"
verb
come upon, as if by accidentmeet with
"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"
"I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"
"She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
verb
come upon after searchingfind the location of something that was missed or lost
"Did you find your glasses?"
"I cannot find my gloves!"
"I cannot find my gloves!"
Antonime:
(verb) lose
Sinonime:
(substantiv) discovery
(verb) ascertain, bump, chance, detect, determine, discover, encounter, feel, get, happen, incur, notice, observe, obtain, receive, recover, regain, retrieve, rule, see, witness