Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Verb
S: (v) determine, find, find out, ascertain (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study) "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
S: (v) determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn (find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort) "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
S: (v) find out, catch out (trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act) "He was caught out"; "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks"
S: (v) detect, observe, find, discover, notice (discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of) "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
W: (n) detection [Related to: detect] (the act of detecting something; catching sight of something)
W: (n) detector [Related to: detect] (electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity)
W: (n) detector [Related to: detect] (any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner)
W: (n) detecting [Related to: detect] (a police investigation to determine the perpetrator) "detection is hard on the feet"
W: (adj) observable [Related to: observe] (capable of being seen or noticed) "a discernible change in attitude"; "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript"; "an observable change in behavior"
W: (n) observance [Related to: observe] (the act of noticing or paying attention) "he escaped the notice of the police"
W: (n) find [Related to: find] (the act of discovering something)
W: (n) finder [Related to: find] (someone who is the first to observe something)
W: (n) finding [Related to: find] (something that is found) "the findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner"; "an area rich in archaeological findings"
W: (n) finding [Related to: find] (the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation) "the determination of molecular structures"