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nounthe act of discovering something
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"We find this idea in Plato"verbcome upon, as if by accident; meet with
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verbdiscover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
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"I find him to be obnoxious"verbcome to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
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verbperceive or be contemporaneous withtype of:
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verbget or find back; recover the use of
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"My son went to Berkeley to find himself"verbaccept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
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verbmake a discovery
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"These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"verbreceive a specified treatment (abstract)type of:
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nouna productive insight
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"find the product of two numbers"verbestablish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
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verbmake a discovery, make a new finding
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verbget something or somebody for a specific purpose
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"find someone guilty"verbdecide on and make a declaration about
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"Did you find your glasses?" "I cannot find my gloves!"verbcome upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
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verbobtain through effort or management
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verbperceive oneself to be in a certain condition or placetype of:
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verbsucceed in reaching; arrive at
Examples of find
- "We find this idea in Plato"
- "I find him to be obnoxious"
- "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"
- "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"
- "find the product of two numbers"
- "find someone guilty"
- "Did you find your glasses?"
- "I cannot find my gloves!"