find

Definitions of find in various dictionaries:

noun - a productive insight

noun - the act of discovering something

verb - come upon, as if by accident

verb - discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

verb - come upon after searching

verb - establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

verb - come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds

verb - perceive or be contemporaneous with

verb - get something or somebody for a specific purpose

verb - make a discovery, make a new finding

verb - make a discovery

verb - obtain through effort or management

verb - decide on and make a declaration about

verb - receive a specified treatment (abstract)

verb - perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place

verb - get or find back

verb - succeed in reaching

verb - accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation

To come upon, often by accident; meet with.

To come upon after a search: found the hidden leak in the pipe.

To discover or ascertain through observation, experience, or study: found a solution; find the product of two numbers; found that it didn’t really matter.

To perceive to be, after experience or consideration: found the gadget surprisingly useful; found the book entertaining.

To experience or feel: found comfort in her smile.

To recover (something lost): found her keys.

To recover the use of; regain: found my voice and replied.

To succeed in reaching; arrive at: The dart found its mark.

To obtain or acquire by effort: found the money by economizing.

To decide on and make a declaration about: The jury deliberated and found a verdict of guilty.

To furnish; supply.

To bring (oneself) to an awareness of what one truly wishes to be and do in life.

To come to a legal decision or verdict: The jury found for the defendant.

The act of finding.

Something that is found, especially an unexpectedly valuable discovery: the Rosetta stone, that providential archaeological find.

To ascertain (something), as through examination or inquiry: I found out the phone number by looking it up.

To detect the true nature or character of; expose: Liars risk being found out.

To detect and apprehend; catch: Most embezzlers are found out in the end.

adj - to come upon after a search [v FOUND, FINDING, FINDS] : FINDABLE