a productive insight

[ Syn: discovery , breakthrough ]

the act of discovering something

[ Syn: discovery , uncovering ]

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

[ Syn: happen , chance , bump , encounter ]

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

[ Syn: rule ]

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

[ Syn: 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 find back; recover the use of; She regained control of herself; She found her voice and replied quickly

[ Syn: recover , retrieve , regain ]

succeed in reaching; arrive at; The arrow found its mark'

accept and make use of ones personality, abilities, and situation; My son went to Berkeley to find himself

[ Syn: find oneself ]

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

[ Syn: 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!

[ Syn: regain ]

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

[ Syn: determine , find out , ascertain ]

come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; I feel that he doesnt like me; I find him to be obnoxious; I found the movie rather entertaining

[ Syn: feel ]

perceive or be contemporaneous with; We found Republicans winning the offices; Youll see a lot of cheating in this school; The 1960s saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions; I want to see results

[ Syn: witness , see ]

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

[ Syn: line up , get hold , come up ]

make a discovery, make a new finding; Roentgen discovered X-rays; Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle

[ Syn: discover ]

make a discovery; She found that he had lied to her; The story is false, so far as I can discover

[ Syn: discover ]