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Definition of Find

1. Noun. A productive insight.

2. Verb. Come upon, as if by accident; meet with. "They find the money in the closet"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"

3. Noun. The act of discovering something.

4. Verb. Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of. "We found traces of lead in the paint"

5. Verb. Come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost. "They find the money in the closet"; "I cannot find my gloves!"

6. Verb. Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study. "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"

7. Verb. Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds. "They find that there was a traffic accident "; "I found the movie rather entertaining"

8. Verb. Perceive or be contemporaneous with. "I want to see results"

9. Verb. Get something or somebody for a specific purpose. "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"

10. Verb. Make a discovery, make a new finding. "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"

11. Verb. Make a discovery. "The story is false, so far as I can discover"

12. Verb. Obtain through effort or management. "We found the money to send our sons to college"

13. Verb. Decide on and make a declaration about. "Find someone guilty"

14. Verb. Receive a specified treatment (abstract). "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

15. Verb. Perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place. "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"

16. Verb. Get or find back; recover the use of. "She found her voice and replied quickly"

17. Verb. Succeed in reaching; arrive at. "The arrow found its mark"

18. Verb. Accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation. "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"

Definition of Find

1. v. t. 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.

2. v. i. To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.

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

Definition of Find

1. Verb. (transitive) To encounter, to discover something searched for. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To point out. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To decide that, to form the opinion that. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To determine or judge. ¹

5. Noun. Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent. ¹

6. Noun. The act of finding. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Find

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

Medical Definition of Find

1. 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." "The torrid zone is now found habitable." (Cowley) 3. To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost. To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom. To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance. To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means. 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?" "We do hope to find out all your tricks." 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? Origin: AS. Findan; akin to D. Vinden, OS. & OHG. Findan, G. Finden, Dan. Finde, icel. & Sw. Finna, Goth. Finan; and perh. To L. Petere to seek, Gr. To fall, Skr. Pat to fall, fly, E. Petition. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Find

finaries finary finasteride finative finaunce finback finback whale finbacks finca fincas

finch finched finches finching finchlike find fault find one's feet find oneself find out find the net

findability findable finde finder finder's fee finderlist finderlists finders

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