find
- n a productive insight
- n the act of discovering something
- v come upon, as if by accident; meet with
We find this idea in Plato - v discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
- v come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
Did you find your glasses?
I cannot find my gloves! - v establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
find the product of two numbers - v come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
I find him to be obnoxious - v perceive or be contemporaneous with
- v get something or somebody for a specific purpose
- v make a discovery, make a new finding
- v make a discovery
- v obtain through effort or management
- v decide on and make a declaration about
find someone guilty - v receive a specified treatment (abstract)
These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation - v perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
- v get or find back; recover the use of
- v succeed in reaching; arrive at
- v accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
My son went to Berkeley to find himself
finder
- n someone who comes upon something after searching
- n someone who is the first to observe something
- n optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest
finder's fee
- n a fee that is paid to someone who finds a source of financial backing or to someone who brings people together for business purposes
fingal's cave
- n a large cave with basaltic pillars on Staffa island in Scotland
finger
- n any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
her fingers were long and thin - n the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
- n one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb
- v feel or handle with the fingers
finger the binding of the book - v examine by touch
The customer fingered the sweater - v search for on the computer
I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons - v indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments
finding
- n the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
- n the decision of a court on issues of fact or law
- n something that is found
the findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner
an area rich in archaeological findings - v come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- v discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
- v come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
- v establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- v come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
- v perceive or be contemporaneous with
- v get something or somebody for a specific purpose
- v make a discovery, make a new finding
- v make a discovery
- v obtain through effort or management
- v decide on and make a declaration about
- v receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- v perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
- v get or find back; recover the use of
- v succeed in reaching; arrive at
- v accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
finding of fact
- n (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment
finding of law
- n a finding as to the applicability of a rule of law to particular facts
findings
- n a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes
- n the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
- n the decision of a court on issues of fact or law
- n something that is found
the findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner
an area rich in archaeological findings - v come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- v discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
- v come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
- v establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- v come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
- v perceive or be contemporaneous with
- v get something or somebody for a specific purpose
- v make a discovery, make a new finding
- v make a discovery
- v obtain through effort or management
- v decide on and make a declaration about
- v receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- v perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
- v get or find back; recover the use of
- v succeed in reaching; arrive at
- v accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation