Synonyms: discovery, find, uncovering
Definition: the act of discovering something
Similar words: human action, human activity, deed, act
Definition: something that people do or cause to happen
Synonyms: find, breakthrough, discovery
Definition: a productive insight
Similar words: insight, brainstorm, brainwave
Definition: the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
Synonyms: find, find oneself
Definition: accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
Usage: My son went to Berkeley to find himself
Similar words: maturate, mature, grow
Definition: develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
Usage: He matured fast; The child grew fast
Synonyms: incur, get, obtain, receive, find
Definition: receive a specified treatment (abstract)
Usage: 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
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Definition: come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
Usage: I feel that he doesn't like me; I find him to be obnoxious; I found the movie rather entertaining
Similar words: conclude, reason, reason out
Definition: decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
Usage: We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house
Definition: make a discovery
Usage: She found that he had lied to her; The story is false, so far as I can discover
Similar words: learn, pick up, find out, discover, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, see
Definition: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
Usage: I learned that she has two grown-up children; I see that you have been promoted
Definition: decide on and make a declaration about
Usage: find someone guilty
Similar words: pronounce, label, judge
Definition: pronounce judgment on
Usage: They labeled him unfit to work here
Definition: make a discovery, make a new finding
Usage: Roentgen discovered X-rays; Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle
Similar words: conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize, gestate
Definition: have the idea for
Usage: He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients; This library was well conceived
Synonyms: find
Definition: succeed in reaching; arrive at
Usage: The arrow found its mark
Similar words: hit, make, gain, attain, arrive at, reach
Definition: reach a destination, either real or abstract
Usage: We hit Detroit by noon; The water reached the doorstep; We barely made it to the finish line; I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts
Definition: perceive or be contemporaneous with
Usage: 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
Similar words: see, go through, experience
Definition: go or live through
Usage: We had many trials to go through; he saw action in Viet Nam
Synonyms: find, notice, observe, detect, discover
Definition: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
Usage: She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water; We found traces of lead in the paint
Definition: catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
Usage: he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge
Synonyms: find
Definition: perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
Usage: I found myself in a difficult situation; When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room
Similar words: comprehend, perceive
Definition: to become aware of through the senses
Usage: I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon
Synonyms: find
Definition: obtain through effort or management
Usage: She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents; We found the money to send our sons to college
Definition: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Usage: She got a lot of paintings from her uncle; They acquired a new pet; Get your results the next day; Get permission to take a few days off from work
Synonyms: come up, find, get hold, line up
Definition: get something or somebody for a specific purpose
Usage: 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
Definition: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Usage: She got a lot of paintings from her uncle; They acquired a new pet; Get your results the next day; Get permission to take a few days off from work
Synonyms: find, retrieve, recover, regain
Definition: get or find back; recover the use of
Usage: She regained control of herself; She found her voice and replied quickly
Definition: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Usage: She got a lot of paintings from her uncle; They acquired a new pet; Get your results the next day; Get permission to take a few days off from work
Definition: come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
Usage: Did you find your glasses?; I cannot find my gloves!
Definition: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Usage: She got a lot of paintings from her uncle; They acquired a new pet; Get your results the next day; Get permission to take a few days off from work