FIND

discovery, find, uncovering

(noun) the act of discovering something

discovery, breakthrough, find

(noun) a productive insight

receive, get, find, obtain, incur

(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”

discover, find

(verb) make a discovery; “She found that he had lied to her”; “The story is false, so far as I can discover”

determine, find, find out, ascertain

(verb) 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”

rule, find

(verb) decide on and make a declaration about; “find someone guilty”

discover, find

(verb) make a discovery, make a new finding; “Roentgen discovered X-rays”; “Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle”

witness, find, see

(verb) 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”

detect, observe, find, discover, notice

(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”

find

(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”

find

(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”

recover, retrieve, find, regain

(verb) get or find back; recover the use of; “She regained control of herself”; “She found her voice and replied quickly”

find, happen, chance, bump, encounter

(verb) 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”

find, regain

(verb) come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; “Did you find your glasses?”; “I cannot find my gloves!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

find (third-person singular simple present finds, present participle finding, simple past (dialectal) fand or found, past participle (archaic) founden or found)

(transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.

(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.

(ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.

(transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.

(transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.

(transitive) To point out.

(ditransitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.

(transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.

(transitive, archaic) To supply; to furnish.

(transitive, archaic) To provide for

(intransitive, legal) To determine or judge.

(intransitive, hunting) To discover game.

Synonyms

• See also deem

Antonyms

• lose

Noun

find (plural finds)

Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.

The act of finding.

Synonyms

• (anything found): discovery, catch

Anagrams

• NFID

Source: Wiktionary

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Find, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Found; p. pr. & vb. n. Finding.] Etym: [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS. & OHG. findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna, Goth. fin; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. pat to fall, fly, E. petition.]

1. 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. Searching the window for a flint, I found This paper, thus sealed up. Shak. In woods and forests thou art found. Cowley.

2. To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel. "I find you passing gentle." Shak. The torrid zone is now found habitable. Cowley.

3. To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost. (a) To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom. (b) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance. (c) To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means. (d) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire. Seek, and ye shall find. Matt. vii. 7. Every mountain now hath found a tongue. Byron.

4. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money. Wages £14 and all found. London Times. Nothing a day and find yourself. Dickens.

5. To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person. To find his title with some shows of truth. Shak. To find out, to detect (a thief); to discover (a secret) -- to solve or unriddle (a parable or enigma); to understand. "Canst thou by searching find out God" Job. xi. 7. "We do hope to find out all your tricks." Milton.

– To find fault with, to blame; to censure.

– To find one's self, to be; to fare; -- often used in speaking of health; as, how do you find yourself this morning

Find, v. i. (Law)

Definition: To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff. Burrill.

Find, n.

Definition: Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archæologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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