Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: find, find_oneself, find_out

'find'

[discovery.n.03] as in: a productive insight

'find'

[discovery.n.01] as in: the act of discovering something

'find'

[find.v.01] as in: come upon, as if by accident; meet with

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

'find'

[detect.v.01] as in: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

Examples:
She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water
We found traces of lead in the paint

'find'

[find.v.03] as in: come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost

Examples:
Did you find your glasses?
I cannot find my gloves!

'find'

[determine.v.01] as in: establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

Examples:
find the product of two numbers
The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize

'find'

[find.v.05] as in: come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds

Examples:
I feel that he doesn't like me
I find him to be obnoxious
I found the movie rather entertaining

'find'

[witness.v.02] as in: perceive or be contemporaneous with

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

'find'

[line_up.v.02] as in: get something or somebody for a specific purpose

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

'find'

[discover.v.03] as in: make a discovery, make a new finding

Examples:
Roentgen discovered X-rays
Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle

'find'

[discover.v.04] as in: make a discovery

Examples:
She found that he had lied to her
The story is false, so far as I can discover

'find'

[find.v.10] as in: obtain through effort or management

Examples:
She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents
We found the money to send our sons to college

'find'

[rule.v.04] as in: decide on and make a declaration about

Examples:
find someone guilty

'find'

[receive.v.02] as in: receive a specified treatment (abstract)

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

'find'

[find.v.13] as in: perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place

Examples:
I found myself in a difficult situation
When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room

'find'

[recover.v.01] as in: get or find back; recover the use of

Examples:
She regained control of herself
She found her voice and replied quickly

'find'

[find.v.15] as in: succeed in reaching; arrive at

Examples:
The arrow found its mark

'find'

[find_oneself.v.01] as in: accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation

Examples:
My son went to Berkeley to find himself

Origins

					find (English)
└── findan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))