find

Sense 1 noun

a productive insight

Sense 2 verb

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

We find this idea in Plato

Sense 3 noun

the act of discovering something

Sense 4 verb

discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water

Sense 5 verb

come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost

Did you find your glasses?

Sense 6 verb

establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

find the product of two numbers

Sense 7 verb

come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds

I feel that he doesn't like me

Sense 8 verb

perceive or be contemporaneous with

We found Republicans winning the offices

Sense 9 verb

get something or somebody for a specific purpose

I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener

Sense 10 verb

make a discovery, make a new finding

Roentgen discovered X-rays

Sense 11 verb

make a discovery

She found that he had lied to her

Sense 12 verb

obtain through effort or management

She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents

Sense 13 verb

decide on and make a declaration about

find someone guilty

Sense 14 verb

receive a specified treatment (abstract)

These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation

Sense 15 verb

perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place

I found myself in a difficult situation

Sense 16 verb

get or find back; recover the use of

She regained control of herself

Sense 17 verb

succeed in reaching; arrive at

The arrow found its mark

Sense 18 verb

accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation

My son went to Berkeley to find himself