noun · a productive insightnoun · the act of discovering somethingverb · come upon, as if by accident; meet with“We find this idea in Plato”
verb · discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of“She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water”
verb · come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost“Did you find your glasses?”
verb · establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study“find the product of two numbers”
verb · come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds“I feel that he doesn't like me”
verb · perceive or be contemporaneous with“We found Republicans winning the offices”
verb · get something or somebody for a specific purpose“I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener”
verb · make a discovery; find or explore something for the first time“Roentgen discovered X-rays”
verb · decide on and make a declaration about“find someone guilty”
verb · receive a specified treatment (abstract)“These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation”
verb · get or find back; recover the use of“She regained control of herself”
verb · accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation“My son went to Berkeley to find himself”
find oneself