S: (v) find, happen, chance, bump, encounter (come upon, as if by accident; meet with) "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"
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"
S: (v) find, regain (come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost) "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"
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) find, feel (come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds) "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
S: (v) witness, find, see (perceive or be contemporaneous with) "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"
S: (v) line up, get hold, come up, find (get something or somebody for a specific purpose) "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"
S: (v) discover, find (make a discovery, make a new finding) "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
S: (v) discover, find (make a discovery) "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
S: (v) find (obtain through effort or management) "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college"
S: (v) rule, find (decide on and make a declaration about) "find someone guilty"
S: (v) receive, get, find, obtain, incur (receive a specified treatment (abstract)) "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"
S: (v) take (ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial) "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"
S: (v) find (perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place) "I found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"
S: (v) recover, retrieve, find, regain (get or find back; recover the use of) "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
S: (v) get, acquire (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract) "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"
S: (v) isolate (obtain in pure form) "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"
S: (v) win back, get back (recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost) "We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company"; "He got back his son from the kidnappers"
S: (v) press out, express, extract (obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action) "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"
S: (v) capture, catch (capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping) "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"
S: (v) buy, purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction) "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"
S: (v) lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take (engage for service under a term of contract) "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
S: (v) receive, have (get something; come into possession of) "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"
S: (v) turn (get by buying and selling) "the company turned a good profit after a year"
S: (v) buy (acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange) "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"
S: (v) find (obtain through effort or management) "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college"
S: (v) glom (seize upon or latch onto something) "The Republicans glommed onto Whitewater"
S: (v) line up, get hold, come up, find (get something or somebody for a specific purpose) "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"
S: (v) accept, take, have (receive willingly something given or offered) "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
S: (v) obtain (come into possession of) "How did you obtain the visa?"
S: (v) recover, retrieve, find, regain (get or find back; recover the use of) "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
S: (v) catch (get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly) "Catch some sleep"; "catch one's breath"
S: (v) find, regain (come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost) "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"
S: (v) acquire, win, gain (win something through one's efforts) "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"; "win someone's confidence and friendship"
S: (v) gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in (earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages) "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
S: (v) earn, garner, win (acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions) "its beauty won Paris the name 'City of Lights'"
S: (v) preempt (acquire for oneself before others can do so)
S: (v) preempt (gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land))
S: (v) collect, pick up, gather up, call for (gather or collect) "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"
S: (v) inherit (obtain from someone after their death) "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents"
S: (v) borrow (get temporarily) "May I borrow your lawn mower?"
S: (v) pick up (get in addition, as an increase) "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
S: (v) get (acquire as a result of some effort or action) "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?"