Noun

• S: (n) discovery (discovery%1:09:00::), breakthrough (breakthrough%1:09:00::), find (find%1:09:00::) (a productive insight)
• S: (n) discovery (discovery%1:04:00::), find (find%1:04:00::), uncovering (uncovering%1:04:00::) (the act of discovering something)

Verb

• S: (v) find (find%2:40:02::), happen (happen%2:40:12::), chance (chance%2:40:12::), bump (bump%2:40:12::), encounter (encounter%2:40:00::) (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 (detect%2:39:00::), observe (observe%2:39:02::), find (find%2:39:02::), discover (discover%2:39:03::), notice (notice%2:39:04::) (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 (find%2:40:00::), regain (regain%2:40:01::) (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 (determine%2:32:00::), find (find%2:32:00::), find out (find_out%2:32:00::), ascertain (ascertain%2:32:01::) (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 (find%2:31:10::), feel (feel%2:31:00::) (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 (witness%2:39:01::), find (find%2:39:01::), see (see%2:39:02::) (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 (line_up%2:40:00::), get hold (get_hold%2:40:00::), come up (come_up%2:40:00::), find (find%2:40:01::) (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 (discover%2:36:00::), find (find%2:36:00::) (make a discovery, make a new finding) "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
• S: (v) discover (discover%2:31:00::), find (find%2:31:09::) (make a discovery) "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
• S: (v) find (find%2:40:03::) (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 (rule%2:32:00::), find (find%2:32:01::) (decide on and make a declaration about) "find someone guilty"
• S: (v) receive (receive%2:30:01::), get (get%2:30:03::), find (find%2:30:00::), obtain (obtain%2:30:00::), incur (incur%2:30:00::) (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) find (find%2:39:05::) (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 (recover%2:40:00::), retrieve (retrieve%2:40:00::), find (find%2:40:15::), regain (regain%2:40:00::) (get or find back; recover the use of) "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
• S: (v) find (find%2:38:10::) (succeed in reaching; arrive at) "The arrow found its mark"
• S: (v) find oneself (find_oneself%2:30:00::), find (find%2:30:13::) (accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation) "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"