Dictionary entry details
• FIND (noun)
Meaning:
A productive insight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
find; breakthrough; discovery
Hypernyms ("find" is a kind of...):
brainstorm; brainwave; insight (the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation)
Meaning:
The act of discovering something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
discovery; find; uncovering
Hypernyms ("find" is a kind of...):
deed; effort; exploit; feat (a notable achievement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "find"):
catching; detection; espial; spotting; spying (the act of detecting something; catching sight of something)
self-discovery (discovering your own individuality)
breakthrough (making an important discovery)
determination; finding (the act of determining the properties of something)
rediscovery (the act of discovering again)
• FIND (verb)
Meaning:
Come upon, as if by accident; meet with
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
find; encounter; bump; chance; happen
Context examples:
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
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They find the money in the closet
Meaning:
Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
detect; discover; observe; notice; find
Context examples:
She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water / We found traces of lead in the paint
Hypernyms (to "find" is one way to...):
sight (catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "find"):
see (observe as if with an eye)
trace (discover traces of)
instantiate (find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word))
sense (detect some circumstance or entity automatically)
catch out; find out (trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
regain; find
Context examples:
Did you find your glasses? / I cannot find my gloves!
Hypernyms (to "find" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "find"):
feel (find by testing or cautious exploration)
locate; turn up (discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining)
attain; chance on; chance upon; come across; come upon; discover; fall upon; happen upon; light upon; strike (find unexpectedly)
rout out; rout up (get or find by searching)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They find the money in the closet
Antonym:
lose (miss from one's possessions; lose sight of)
Meaning:
Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
find out; determine; ascertain; find
Context examples:
find the product of two numbers / The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "find"):
locate; situate (determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey)
admeasure (determine the quantity of someone's share)
count; enumerate; number; numerate (determine the number or amount of)
refract (determine the refracting power of (a lens))
sequence (determine the order of constituents in)
redetermine (fix, find, or establish again)
rectify (math: determine the length of)
translate (determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA)
gauge (determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
feel; find
Context examples:
I feel that he doesn't like me / I find him to be obnoxious / I found the movie rather entertaining
Hypernyms (to "find" is one way to...):
conclude; reason; reason out (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
They find that there was a traffic accident
Meaning:
Perceive or be contemporaneous with
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
witness; see; find
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "find" is one way to...):
experience; go through; see; undergo (go or live through)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "find"):
catch (become aware of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Get something or somebody for a specific purpose
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
get hold; line up; find; come up
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "find" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Make a discovery, make a new finding
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
discover; find
Context examples:
Roentgen discovered X-rays / Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle
Hypernyms (to "find" is one way to...):
conceive; conceptualise; conceptualize; gestate (have the idea for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Make a discovery
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
discover; find
Context examples:
She found that he had lied to her / The story is false, so far as I can discover
Hypernyms (to "find" is one way to...):
discover; find out; get a line; get wind; get word; hear; learn; pick up; see (get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "find"):
ferret; ferret out (search and discover through persistent investigation)
rake up (bring to light)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Also:
find out (get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally)
Meaning:
Obtain through effort or management
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context examples:
She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents / We found the money to send our sons to college
Hypernyms (to "find" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Decide on and make a declaration about
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
rule; find
Context example:
find someone guilty
Hypernyms (to "find" is one way to...):
judge; label; pronounce (pronounce judgment on)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Receive a specified treatment (abstract)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
receive; obtain; incur; get; find
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "find" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "find"):
take (ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context examples:
I found myself in a difficult situation / When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room
Hypernyms (to "find" is one way to...):
comprehend; perceive (to become aware of through the senses)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Get or find back; recover the use of
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
recover; regain; retrieve; find
Context examples:
She regained control of herself / She found her voice and replied quickly
Hypernyms (to "find" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "find"):
access (obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Meaning:
Succeed in reaching; arrive at
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The arrow found its mark
Hypernyms (to "find" is one way to...):
arrive at; attain; gain; hit; make; reach (reach a destination, either real or abstract)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
find oneself; find
Context example:
My son went to Berkeley to find himself
Hypernyms (to "find" is one way to...):
grow; maturate; mature (develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
