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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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