FIND — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
find
The act of discovering something.
A productive insight.
Accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation.
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- My son went to Berkeley to find himself.
Receive a specified treatment (abstract).
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- 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.
Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds.
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- I feel that he doesn't like me.
- I find him to be obnoxious.
- I found the movie rather entertaining.
Make a discovery.
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- She found that he had lied to her.
- The story is false, so far as I can discover.
After a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study.
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- Find the product of two numbers.
- The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize.
Decide on and make a declaration about.
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- Find someone guilty.
Make a discovery, make a new finding.
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- Roentgen discovered X-rays.
- Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle.
Succeed in reaching; arrive at.
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- The arrrow found its mark.
Perceive or be contemporaneous with.
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- 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.
Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of.
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- She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water.
- We found traces of lead in the paint.
Perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place.
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- I found myself in a difficult situation.
- When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room.
Obtain through effort or management.
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- She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents.
- We found the money to send our sons to college.
Get something or somebody for a specific purpose.
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- 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.
Get or find back; recover the use of.
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- She regained control of herself.
- She found her voice and replied quickly.
Come upon, as if by accident; meet with.
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- 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.
Come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost.
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- Did you find your glasses?
- I cannot find my gloves!
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