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"

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"

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

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

the act of discovering something

come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; " I feel that he doesn't like me"; " I find him to be obnoxious"; " I found the movie rather entertaining"

come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; " Did you find your glasses?"; " I cannot find my gloves!"

accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; " My son went to Berkeley to find himself"

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"

decide on and make a declaration about; " find someone guilty"

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

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"

succeed in reaching; arrive at; " The arrrow found its mark"

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"

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 the urgent letter"

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person.

To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel.

To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.

To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom.

To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance.

To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means.

To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.

To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.

To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill ( of indictment) against an accused person.

To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.

Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archaeologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.

To discover; obtain by searching; learn by experiment; meet by accident; regain, as something lost; supply.

The discovery of something valuable.

Found.

Finding.

To come upon or meet with; to discover or arrive at; to perceive; to experience; to supply; - pr. p. finding; pa. t and pa. p. found.

FINDER.

To discover; perceive; supply.

To discover accidentally or by search or study; learn by experience; perceive; ascertain.

To decide judicially.

To furnish; provide; support.

Finder, finding.

Something found. To find one's self, to be; to fare in regard to ease or pain, health or sickness. To find in, to supply or to furnish with. To find out, to discover; to sound; to understand; to comprehend; to detect. To find fault with, to censure. To find a bill, to establish grounds of accusation, as by grand jury. To find a ship's trim, to discover how she shall best sail.

To discover; to fall in with; to discover by seeking; to discover by study, experiment, or trial; to gain; to perceive; to detect; to enjoy; to discover and declare; to supply.

To discover; to recover; to regain something lost; to gain or have; to furnish or supply; to arrive at; to determine.

Discovery; thing found.

And how did you find that out?" – The Keeper of the Door by Ethel M. Dell

How did you come to find me? – Sundown Slim by Henry Hubert Knibbs

I might find it. – The Mandarin's Fan by Fergus Hume

She will find you out in time, and you will understand her better. – Abbeychurch or, Self-Control and Self-Conceit by Charlotte M. Yonge

I shall find Patricia Langdon. – The Last Woman by Ross Beeckman

I find I shall want him where he is. – The Woman in Black by Edmund Clerihew Bentley

Will you find all that is wanted, then? – David Elginbrod by George MacDonald

You'd find it a help. – Charles Rex by Ethel M. Dell

But I find I do. – Lonesome Town by Ethel and James Dorrance

I'll find a way to take you. – Gaslight Sonatas by Fannie Hurst

But it wasn't any use- we couldn't find it. – Roy Blakeley by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

We have to find out what it is. – Anchorite by Randall Garrett

And what did we find? – The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Last Updated: February 18, 2009

Where to find him? – The Eight Strokes of the Clock by Maurice Le Blanc

I find that it is. – Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman by Giberne Sieveking

That's what we've got to find out. – The Salamander by Owen Johnson

But I could find nothing. – A Jolly Fellowship by Frank R. Stockton

You know where to find him in the city here? – By Wit of Woman by Arthur W. Marchmont

How can I find out now! – The Finer Grain by Henry James