Definition of Find

Verb: find (found) fInd

Come upon, as if by accident; meet with
"We find this idea in Plato";
- happen, chance, bump, encounter
Determine the existence, presence, or fact of
"We found traces of lead in the paint";
- detect, observe, discover, notice
Come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
"Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!";
- regain
Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
"The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"; "find the product of two numbers";
- determine, find out, ascertain
Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuition, or indefinite grounds
"I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining";
- feel
Perceive or be contemporaneous with
"We found Republicans winning the offices";
- witness, see
Get something or somebody for a specific purpose
"I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener";
- line up, get hold, come up
Make a discovery, make a new finding
"Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle";
- discover
Determine following investigation
"She found that he had lied to her";
- discover
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"
Decide on and make a declaration about
"find someone guilty";
- rule
Be subject to a specified treatment or analysis
"These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation";
- receive, get, obtain, incur
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"
Get or get back; recover the use of
"She found her voice and replied quickly";
- recover, retrieve, regain
Succeed in reaching; arrive at
"The arrow found its mark"
Accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
"My son went to Berkeley to find himself";
- find oneself

Noun: find fInd

A productive insight
- discovery, breakthrough
The act of discovering something
- discovery, uncovering