find (v)
Definition: receive a specified treatment (abstract)
Example:
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.
Definition: receive a specified treatment (abstract)
Example:
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.
Definition: receive a specified treatment (abstract)
Example:
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.
find (v)
Definition: accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
Example:
My son went to Berkeley to find himself.
Definition: accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
Example:
My son went to Berkeley to find himself.
Definition: accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
Example:
My son went to Berkeley to find himself.
find (v)
Definition: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
Example:
She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water.
We found traces of lead in the paint.
Definition: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
Example:
She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water.
We found traces of lead in the paint.
Definition: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
Example:
She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water.
We found traces of lead in the paint.
find (v)
Definition: obtain through effort or management
Example:
She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents.
We found the money to send our sons to college.
Definition: obtain through effort or management
Example:
She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents.
We found the money to send our sons to college.
Definition: obtain through effort or management
Example:
She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents.
We found the money to send our sons to college.
find (v)
Definition: make a discovery, make a new finding
Example:
Roentgen discovered X-rays.
Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle.
Definition: make a discovery, make a new finding
Example:
Roentgen discovered X-rays.
Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle.
Definition: make a discovery, make a new finding
Example:
Roentgen discovered X-rays.
Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle.
find (v)
Definition: make a discovery
Example:
She found that he had lied to her.
The story is false, so far as I can discover.
Definition: make a discovery
Example:
She found that he had lied to her.
The story is false, so far as I can discover.
Definition: make a discovery
Example:
She found that he had lied to her.
The story is false, so far as I can discover.
find (v)
Definition: perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
Example:
I found myself in a difficult situation.
When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room.
Definition: perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
Example:
I found myself in a difficult situation.
When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room.
Definition: perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
Example:
I found myself in a difficult situation.
When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room.
find (v)
Definition: come upon, as if by accident
Example:
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.
Definition: come upon, as if by accident
Example:
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.
Definition: come upon, as if by accident
Example:
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 (v)
Definition: get something or somebody for a specific purpose
Example:
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.
Definition: get something or somebody for a specific purpose
Example:
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.
Definition: get something or somebody for a specific purpose
Example:
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.
find (v)
Definition: come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
Example:
I feel that he doesn't like me.
I find him to be obnoxious.
I found the movie rather entertaining.
Definition: come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
Example:
I feel that he doesn't like me.
I find him to be obnoxious.
I found the movie rather entertaining.
Definition: come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
Example:
I feel that he doesn't like me.
I find him to be obnoxious.
I found the movie rather entertaining.
find (v)
Definition: establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
Example:
find the product of two numbers.
The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize.
Definition: establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
Example:
find the product of two numbers.
The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize.
Definition: establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
Example:
find the product of two numbers.
The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize.
find (v)
Definition: perceive or be contemporaneous with
Example:
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.
Definition: perceive or be contemporaneous with
Example:
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.
Definition: perceive or be contemporaneous with
Example:
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.
