English to English
noun
- a productive insight
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- the act of discovering something
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- Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archæologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- 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.
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- 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.
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- come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
Did you find your glasses?.
I cannot find my gloves!.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- perceive or be contemporaneous with
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.
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- 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.
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- make a discovery, make a new finding
Roentgen discovered X-rays.
Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle.
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- make a discovery
She found that he had lied to her.
The story is false, so far as I can discover.
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- 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.
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- decide on and make a declaration about
Find someone guilty.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- get or find back; recover the use of
She regained control of herself.
She found her voice and replied quickly.
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- succeed in reaching; arrive at
The arrow found its mark.
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- accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
My son went to Berkeley to find himself.
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- 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.
source: Webster 1913
- To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [fáind] Makasumpong; makatuklas; humanap
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
