English to English noun
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a productive insight |  | source: wordnet30
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the act of discovering something |  | source: wordnet30
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Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archæologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin. |  | source: webster1913
verb
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come upon, as if by accident; meet with |  | Example: 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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discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of |  | Example: She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water We found traces of lead in the paint
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come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost |  | Example: Did you find your glasses? I cannot find my gloves!
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establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study |  | Example: find the product of two numbers The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
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come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds |  | Example: I feel that he doesn't like me I find him to be obnoxious I found the movie rather entertaining
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perceive or be contemporaneous with |  | Example: 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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get something or somebody for a specific purpose |  | Example: 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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make a discovery, make a new finding |  | Example: Roentgen discovered X-rays Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle
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make a discovery |  | Example: She found that he had lied to her The story is false, so far as I can discover
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obtain through effort or management |  | Example: 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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decide on and make a declaration about |  | Example: find someone guilty
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receive a specified treatment (abstract) |  | Example: 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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perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place |  | Example: I found myself in a difficult situation When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room
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get or find back; recover the use of |  | Example: She regained control of herself She found her voice and replied quickly
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succeed in reaching; arrive at |  | Example: The arrow found its mark
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accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation |  | Example: My son went to Berkeley to find himself
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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. |  | source: webster1913
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To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff. |  | source: webster1913
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