| VERB | possession | find, happen, chance, bump, encounter | come upon, as if by accident |
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| perception | find, detect, observe, discover, notice | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of | |
| possession | find, regain | come upon after searching | |
| communication | find, determine, find out, ascertain | establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment / experiment, survey, or study | |
| cognition | find, feel | come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds | |
| perception | find, witness, see | perceive or be contemporaneous with | |
| possession | find, line up, get hold, come up | get something or somebody for a specific purpose | |
| creation | find, discover | make a discovery, make a new finding | |
| cognition | find, discover | make a discovery | |
| possession | find | obtain through effort or management | |
| communication | find, rule | decide on and make a declaration about | |
| change | find, receive, get, obtain, incur | receive a specified treatment (abstract) | |
| perception | find | perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place | |
| possession | find, recover, retrieve, regain | get or find back | |
| motion | find | succeed in reaching | |
| change | find, find oneself | accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation | |
| NOUN | cognition | find, discovery, breakthrough | a productive insight |
| act | find, discovery, uncovering | the act of discovering something |
| Sounds | fay'nd | |
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| Rhymes | affined ... wind: 39 rhymes with aynd... | |
| Meaning | A productive insight. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | discovery, breakthrough | |
| Broader | insight, brainstorm, brainwave | The clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation |
| Spanish | descubrimiento, hallazgo | |
| Catalan | troballa | |
| Verbs | find | establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment / experiment, survey, or study |
| find | make a discovery, make a new finding | |
| Meaning | The act of discovering something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | discovery, uncovering | |
| Narrower | breakthrough | making an important discovery |
| detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting | The act of detecting something | |
| determination, finding | The act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation | |
| rediscovery | The act of discovering again | |
| self-discovery | Discovering your own individuality | |
| tracing | The discovery and description of the course of development of something | |
| Broader | act, deed, human action, human activity | Something that people do or cause to happen |
| Spanish | descubrimiento, hallazgo | |
| Catalan | descoberta, descobriment, troballa | |
| Verbs | find | make a discovery |
| find | make a discovery, make a new finding | |
| find | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of | |
| find | come upon after searching | |
| find | come upon, as if by accident | |
| Meaning | come upon, as if by accident; meet with. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They find the money in the closet | |
| Example | "We find this idea in Plato" | |
| Synonyms | happen, chance, bump, encounter | |
| Spanish | dar, encontrarse, encontrar, hallar, tropezar | |
| Catalan | ensopegar, trobar-se, trobar | |
| Nouns | find | the act of discovering something |
| finder | someone who is the first to observe something | |
| Meaning | Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | detect, observe, discover, notice | |
| Narrower | find out, catch out | trap |
| instantiate | Find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word) | |
| see | observe as if with an eye | |
| sense | detect some circumstance or entity automatically | |
| trace | Discover traces of | |
| Broader | spy, sight | catch sight of |
| Similar to | discover, find | make a discovery, make a new finding |
| Spanish | advertir, apreciar, descubrir, detectar, distinguir, divisar, encontrar, observar, percibir, vislumbrar | |
| Catalan | advertir, apreciar, descobrir, detectar, observar, trobar | |
| Nouns | find | the act of discovering something |
| finder | someone who is the first to observe something | |
| finding | the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation | |
| finding | something that is found | |
| Meaning | come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They find the money in the closet | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | regain | |
| Narrower | fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover | Find unexpectedly |
| feel | Find by testing or cautious exploration | |
| locate, turn up | Discover the location of | |
| rout up, rout out | Get or find by searching | |
| Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| Opposite | lose | miss from one's possessions |
| Similar to | find | Obtain through effort or management |
| recover, retrieve, find, regain | get or find back | |
| Spanish | encontrar, recobrar, recuperar | |
| Catalan | recuperar, trobar | |
| Nouns | find | the act of discovering something |
| finder | someone who is the first to observe something | |
| finder | someone who comes upon something after searching / searching / searching | |
| Meaning | Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment / experiment, survey, or study. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE | |
| Example | "find the product of two numbers" | |
| Synonyms | determine, find out, ascertain | |
| Narrower | admeasure | Determine the quantity of someone's share |
| count, number, enumerate, numerate | Determine the number or amount of | |
| gauge | Determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation | |
| rectify | (math) determine the length of | |
| redetermine | Fix, find, or establish again | |
| refract | Determine the refracting power of (a lens) | |
| sequence | Determine the order of constituents in | |
| situate, locate | Determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey | |
| translate | Determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA | |
| Similar to | determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn | Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort |
| discover, find | make a discovery, make a new finding | |
| Spanish | decidir, descubrir, determinar, encontrar | |
| Catalan | decidir, descobrir, determinar, trobar | |
| Nouns | find | a productive insight |
| finding | something that is found | |
| Meaning | Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Model | They find that there was a traffic accident | |
| Example | "I find him to be obnoxious" | |
| Synonym | feel | |
| Broader | reason, reason out, conclude | decide by reasoning |
| Similar to | rule, find | decide on and make a declaration about |
| Spanish | considerar, creer, encontrar, sentir | |
| Catalan | considerar, creure, sentir, trobar | |
| Meaning | perceive or be contemporaneous with. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | witness, see | |
| Narrower | catch | Become aware of |
| Broader | experience, see, go through | go or live through |
| Similar to | find | perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place |
| learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see | Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | |
| Spanish | atestiguar, presenciar, ver | |
| Catalan | presenciar, testificar, testimoniar, veure | |
| Nouns | finder | someone who is the first to observe something |
| Meaning | Get something or somebody for a specific purpose. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | line up, get hold, come up | |
| Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| Spanish | conseguir, encontrar, hacerse con | |
| Catalan | aconseguir, trobar | |
| Meaning | make a discovery, make a new finding. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonym | discover | |
| Broader | gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise | Have the idea for |
| Similar to | detect, observe, find, discover, notice | Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of |
| determine, find, find out, ascertain | Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment / experiment, survey, or study | |
| discover, find | make a discovery | |
| Spanish | descubrir, encontrar | |
| Catalan | descobrir, trobar | |
| Nouns | find | the act of discovering something |
| find | a productive insight | |
| finding | something that is found | |
| Meaning | make a discovery. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonym | discover | |
| Narrower | ferret out, ferret | search and discover through persistent investigation |
| rake up | Bring to light | |
| Broader | learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see | Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally |
| See also | find out | get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally |
| Similar to | discover, find | make a discovery, make a new finding |
| Spanish | averigüar, descubrir, encontrar | |
| Catalan | descobrir | |
| Nouns | find | the act of discovering something |
| Meaning | Obtain through effort or management. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| Similar to | find, regain | come upon after searching |
| Meaning | decide on and make a declaration about. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "find someone guilty" | |
| Synonym | rule | |
| Broader | pronounce, label, judge | pronounce judgment on |
| Similar to | find, feel | Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds |
| Spanish | dictaminar, fallar | |
| Catalan | dictaminar | |
| Nouns | finding | the decision of a court on issues of fact or law |
| Meaning | Receive a specified treatment (abstract). | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation" | |
| Synonyms | receive, get, obtain, incur | |
| Narrower | take | Ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Similar to | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| Spanish | adquirir, encontrar, obtener, recibir | |
| Catalan | obtenir | |
| Meaning | perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Broader | perceive, comprehend | To become aware of through the senses |
| Similar to | witness, find, see | perceive or be contemporaneous with |
| Meaning | get or find back; recover the use of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Synonyms | recover, retrieve, regain | |
| Narrower | access | Obtain or retrieve from a storage device |
| Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| Similar to | find, regain | come upon after searching |
| Spanish | recobrar, reconquistar, recuperar | |
| Catalan | recobrar, recuperar | |
| Meaning | succeed in reaching; arrive at. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Broader | reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain | Reach a destination / destination, either real or abstract |
| Spanish | encontrar | |
| Meaning | Accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "My son went to Berkeley to find himself" | |
| Synonym | find oneself | |
| Broader | mature, maturate, grow | Develop and reach maturity |
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