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FIND ONESELF

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Dictionary entry overview: What does find oneself mean?

• FIND ONESELF (verb)
The verb FIND ONESELF has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: FIND ONESELF used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FIND ONESELF (verb)

Sense 1

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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 oneself" is one way to...):

grow; maturate; mature (develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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