Dictionary definition · find
noun
- a productive insight
- the act of discovering something
verb
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with"We find this idea in Plato"
- discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes"She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"
- come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost"Did you find your glasses?"
- establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study"find the product of two numbers"
- come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds"I feel that he doesn't like me"
- perceive or be contemporaneous with"We found Republicans winning the offices"
- get something or somebody for a specific purpose"I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"
- make a discovery, make a new finding"Roentgen discovered X-rays"
- obtain through effort or management"She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"
- decide on and make a declaration about"find someone guilty"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).