Nouns (13)
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discovery, breakthrough, find
n. a productive insight
discovery, find, uncovering
n. the act of discovering something
find, search, query, lookup, seek, searching, look-up
n. a user's request for information, generally as a formal request to a database or search engine
Verbs (35)
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find
v. succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrow found its mark"
discover, find
v. make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
find, search
v. to use the search function allowing to detect a character string in a document
rule, find
v. decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"
discover, find
v. make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
find, feel
v. come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
find oneself, find
v. accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"
find, regain
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!"
determine, find, find out, ascertain
v. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
recover, retrieve, find, regain
v. get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
line up, get hold, come up, find
v. get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "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"
witness, find, see
v. perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results"
find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
v. come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "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"
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Fuzzynyms (97)
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grab
n. a mechanical device for gripping an object
unearth
v. bring to light; "The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President"
learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see
v. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn
v. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
declare, adjudge, hold
v. declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"
unearth
v. bring to light; "The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President"
find
v. perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place; "I found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"
determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn
v. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
determine, find, find out, ascertain
v. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
acquire
v. locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar
get, acquire
v. come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"
reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
extract
v. calculate the root of a number
procure, secure
v. get by special effort; "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"
achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
redeem, pay off
v. pay off (loans or promissory notes)
meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
v. fill or meet a want or need
keep, look after, have charge of
v. look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone"
take back, repossess
v. regain possession of something
recapture
v. experience anew; "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness"
unearth
v. bring to light; "The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President"
discover, find
v. make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see
v. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
find
v. perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place; "I found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"
recover, recoup, recuperate
v. regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses"
reclaim, recover
v. reuse (materials from waste products)
redeem
v. to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange
recapture
v. experience anew; "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness"
redeem, pay off
v. pay off (loans or promissory notes)
watch
v. observe or determine by looking; "Watch how the dog chases the cats away"
watch, view, see, catch, take in
v. see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"
consider
v. regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family"
watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on
v. follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"
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Antonyms (6)
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stay, remain, rest
v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
solicit
v. make a solicitation or petition for something desired; "She is too shy to solicit"
pay
v. be worth it; "It pays to go through the trouble"
lose sight of
v. be no longer able to see; "We lost sight of the tower as pulled out of the harbor"
find
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