Find (Verb)
Meaning 1
Come upon, as if by accident; meet 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".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 2
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".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 3
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".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 4
Make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 5
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".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 6
Establish 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".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 7
Come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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- Attain
- Come Across
- Happen Upon
- Light Upon
- Rout Out
- Strike
- Turn Up
- Come Upon
- Chance Upon
- Chance On
- Discover
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Meaning 8
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".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 9
Get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 10
Accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 11
Make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- They discovered that she had been secretly funding the project.
- Scientists found that certain types of exercise can slow down aging.
- Researchers discovered a hidden cave deep within the mountains.
- She found out that her favorite childhood memory was false.
- Archaeologists made a startling discovery that shed new light on ancient civilizations.
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Meaning 12
Succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrow found its mark".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 13
Decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 14
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".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 15
Perceive or be contemporaneous with; "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".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 16
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".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.