Find

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  • intransitive verb. To come upon, often by accident; meet with.
  • intransitive verb. To come upon or discover by searching or making an effort.
  • intransitive verb. To discover or ascertain through observation, experience, or study.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To perceive to be, after experience or consideration.
  • intransitive verb. To experience or feel.
  • intransitive verb. To recover (something lost).
  • intransitive verb. To recover the use of; regain.
  • intransitive verb. To succeed in reaching; arrive at.
  • intransitive verb. To obtain or acquire by effort.
  • intransitive verb. To decide on and make a declaration about.
  • intransitive verb. To furnish; supply.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To bring (oneself) to an awareness of what one truly wishes to be and do in life.
  • intransitive verb. To perceive (oneself) to be in a specific place or condition.
  • intransitive verb. To come to a legal decision or verdict.
  • noun. The act of finding.
  • noun. Something that is found, especially an unexpectedly valuable discovery.
  • phrasal verb. To ascertain (something), as through examination or inquiry.
  • phrasal verb. To detect the true nature or character of; expose.
  • phrasal verb. To detect and apprehend; catch.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To discover scent or game: said of dogs in the field.
  • noun. A discovery of something valuable; the thing found: as, a find in the gold-fields; finds of prehistoric tools. The use of find as a noun has become common only since its application in recent times to discoveries of archæological remains.
  • To discover by sight or feeling; come or light upon, either by seeking or unexpectedly; encounter or meet with for the first time.
  • To discover by methodical means; ascertain or make out by systematic exploration, trial, or study: as, to find bottom by sounding; to find a bullet in a wound by probing; an effort to find the philosopher's stone; to find one's way in the dark; to find the answer to a problem.
  • To discover the use of, or the way to make or use; invent; devise.
  • To discover or ascertain by experience; learn from observation or sensation: as, the climate was found to be unpropitious; to find a friend in a supposed enemy.
  • To succeed in attaining; gain by effort: as, to find leisure for a visit; to find safety in flight.
  • To come to or into by natural causes or by force of circumstances; arrive at; reach: as, water finds its level; the picture found its way to the auction-room.
  • To detect; catch: commonly with out. See to find out, below.
  • In law, to determine after judicial inquiry: as, the jury found him guilty; to find a verdict for the plaintiff.
  • To supply; provide; furnish: as, to find money or provisions for an expedition.
  • To support; maintain; provide for: followed by the direct object of the person (often reflexive), with in, formerly also with, before the thing provided: as, to receive ten dollars a week and find one's self.
  • To compose; set in order; arrange.
  • To reach home to; take the fancy of; appeal to the taste or liking of.
  • See def. 10.
  • In law, to determine an issue after judicial inquiry; direct judgment on the merits or facts of a case: as, the jury finds for the plaintiff.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. 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.
  • transitive verb. To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel.
  • transitive verb. To come upon by seeking.
  • transitive verb. To discover by sounding.
  • transitive verb. To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
  • transitive verb. To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
  • transitive verb. To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
  • transitive verb. To provide for; to supply; to furnish
  • transitive verb. To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish
  • transitive verb. to detect (a thief); to discover (a secret) -- to solve or unriddle (a parable or enigma); to understand.
  • transitive verb. to blame; to censure.
  • transitive verb. to be; to fare; -- often used in speaking of health
  • intransitive verb. To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court.
  • Word Usage
    "Therefore, within probably 4-6 months after stepping on the major sites, Vivendi would find itself faced with an operation that it wouldn't be able to *find*, much less shut down."
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    lose  
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    affined  aligned  assigned  behind  bind  
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    answer  call  clear  cling  discovery  
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    verb-form
    finding  finds  found