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find has definitions from the field of psychology
1
[ verb ] come upon, as if by accident; meet with

Synonyms

encounter hit bump chance happen

Examples

"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"

2
[ verb ] discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

Synonyms

observe notice discover detect

Examples

"She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water" "We found traces of lead in the paint"

3
[ verb ] come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost

Synonyms

regain

Examples

"Did you find your glasses?" "I cannot find my gloves!"

4
[ verb ] come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds

Synonyms

feel

Examples

: "I feel that he doesn't like me" "I find him to be obnoxious" "I found the movie rather entertaining"

5
[ verb ] after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

Synonyms

determine find_out ascertain

Examples

"find the product of two numbers" "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"

6
[ verb ] perceive with any or all of one's senses

Synonyms

see witness

Examples

"We found Republicans winning the offices" "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school" give rise to or be characterized by "The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation" "I want to see results"

7
[ verb ] get something or somebody for a specific purpose

Synonyms

line_up come_up get_hold

Examples

"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"

8
[ verb ] make a discovery, make a new finding

Synonyms

discover

Examples

"Roentgen discovered X-rays" "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"

9
[ verb ] make a discovery

Synonyms

discover

Examples

"She found that he had lied to her" "The story is false, so far as I can discover"

10
[ verb ] decide on and make a declaration about

Synonyms

rule

Examples

"find someone guilty"

11
[ verb ] obtain through effort or management

Examples

"She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents" "We found the money to send our sons to college"

12
[ verb ] receive a specified treatment (abstract)

Synonyms

get receive obtain incur

Examples

"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"

13
[ verb ] perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place

Examples

"I found myself in a difficult situation" "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"

14
[ verb ] accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation

Synonyms

find_oneself

Examples

"My son went to Berkeley to find himself"

15
[ verb ] get or find back; recover the use of

Synonyms

retrieve recover regain

Examples

"She regained control of herself" "She found her voice and replied quickly"

16
[ verb ] succeed in reaching; arrive at

Examples

"The arrow found its mark"

17
[ noun ] (psychology) a productive insight

Synonyms

discovery breakthrough

18
[ verb ] become aware of who one is and what one wants to do in life

Examples

"My son went to Berkeley to find himself"

19
[ noun ] the act of discovering something

Synonyms

discovery uncovering

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Rhymes with

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Phonetic and Homophones

F AW1 N D

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