Word Definitions & Examples
verb
Sense 1
"Did you find your glasses?"
"I cannot find my gloves!"
Opposites:
lose
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 2
"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"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 3
"She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"
"We found the money to send our sons to college"
Verb group:
regain
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 4
"I found myself in a difficult situation"
"When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
verb
Sense 5
"The arrrow found its mark"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 6
"I feel that he doesn''t like me"
"I find him to be obnoxious"
"I found the movie rather entertaining"
Verb group:
rule
Usage Patterns:
Something ----s somebody
verb
Sense 7
"She found that he had lied to her"
"The story is false, so far as I can discover"
Verb group:
discover
Usage Patterns:
Something ----s somebody
verb
Sense 8
"My son went to Berkeley to find himself"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
noun
Sense 9
the act of discovering something
verb
Sense 10
"We found Republicans winning the offices"
"You''ll see a lot of cheating in this school"
"I want to see results"
"The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"
"I want to see"
Kinds of:
catch
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Something ----s somebody
verb
Sense 11
"Roentgen discovered X-rays"
"Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody
verb
Sense 12
"find someone guilty"
Verb group:
feel
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 13
"find the product of two numbers"
"The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s Adjective/Noun
verb
Sense 14
"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"
Type of:
change
Kinds of:
take
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb
Sense 15
"She regained control of herself"
"She found her voice and replied quickly"
Kinds of:
access
Verb group:
regain
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
noun
Sense 16
verb
Sense 17
"She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"
"We found traces of lead in the paint"
Type of:
sight
Verb group:
discover
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Something ----s somebody
verb
Sense 18
"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"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
18
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
155
Times Searched
3
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