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find (v.)come upon, as if by accident; meet with;
We find this idea in Plato
find (v.)discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;
We found traces of lead in the paint
find (v.)come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost;
Did you find your glasses?
find (v.)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
find (v.)come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds;
I found the movie rather entertaining
I find him to be obnoxious
find (v.)perceive or be contemporaneous with;
We found Republicans winning the offices
find (v.)get something or somebody for a specific purpose;
I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener
Synonyms: line up / get hold / come up
find (v.)make a discovery, make a new finding;
Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle
find (v.)make a discovery;
She found that he had lied to her
find (v.)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
find (v.)decide on and make a declaration about;
find (v.)receive a specified treatment (abstract);
These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
find (v.)perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place;
When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room
I found myself in a difficult situation
find (v.)get or find back; recover the use of;
She found her voice and replied quickly
find (v.)succeed in reaching; arrive at;
find (v.)accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation;
My son went to Berkeley to find himself
Synonyms: find oneself
