find
Noun
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is a type of: brainstorm, brainwave, insight - the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situationsame as: breakthrough, discovery
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subtypes:
- tracing - the discovery and description of the course of development of something
- catching, detection, espial, spotting, spying - the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
- self-discovery - discovering your own individuality
- breakthrough - making an important discovery
- determination, finding - the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
- rediscovery - the act of discovering again
same as: discovery, uncovering
Verb
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subtypes:
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subtypes:
- feel - find by testing or cautious exploration
- locate, turn up - discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
- attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike - find unexpectedly
- rout out, rout up - get or find by searching
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subtypes:
- gauge - determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
- translate - determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
- rectify - math: determine the length of
- redetermine - fix, find, or establish again
- sequence - determine the order of constituents in
- refract - determine the refracting power of (a lens)
- count, enumerate, number, numerate - determine the number or amount of
- admeasure - determine the quantity of someone's share
- locate, situate - determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
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same as: feel
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subtypes: catch - become aware of
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same as: discover
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is a type of: discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see - get to know or become aware of, usually accidentallysubtypes:
- rake up - bring to light
- ferret, ferret out - search and discover through persistent investigation
same as: discover -
same as: rule
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is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original naturesubtypes: take - ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
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is a type of: comprehend, perceive - to become aware of through the senses
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subtypes: access - obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer
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same as: find oneself
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