DICTOMETER

FINDING

1. Synonyms:
   • Determination
   • Finding
   Definitions:
   • the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
   Examples:
   • The determination of molecular structures
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Finding
   Definitions:
   • the decision of a court on issues of fact or law
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Finding
   Definitions:
   • something that is found
   Examples:
   • The findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner
   • An area rich in archaeological findings
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Find
   • Happen
   • Chance
   • Bump
   • Encounter
   Definitions:
   • come upon, as if by accident
   • meet with
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   lose
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Detect
   • Observe
   • Find
   • Discover
   • Notice
   Definitions:
   • discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
   Examples:
   • She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water
   • We found traces of lead in the paint
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Find
   • Regain
   Definitions:
   • come upon after searching
   • find the location of something that was missed or lost
   Examples:
   • Did you find your glasses?
   • I cannot find my gloves!
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Determine
   • Find
   • Find out
   • Ascertain
   Definitions:
   • establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
   Examples:
   • Find the product of two numbers
   • The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Find
   • Feel
   Definitions:
   • come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
   Examples:
   • I feel that he doesn't like me
   • I find him to be obnoxious
   • I found the movie rather entertaining
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Witness
   • Find
   • See
   Definitions:
   • perceive or be contemporaneous with
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Line up
   • Get hold
   • Come up
   • Find
   Definitions:
   • get something or somebody for a specific purpose
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Discover
   • Find
   Definitions:
   • make a discovery, make a new finding
   Examples:
   • Roentgen discovered X-rays
   • Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Discover
   • Find
   Definitions:
   • make a discovery
   Examples:
   • She found that he had lied to her
   • The story is false, so far as I can discover
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Find
    Definitions:
    • obtain through effort or management
    Examples:
    • She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents
    • We found the money to send our sons to college
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Rule
    • Find
    Definitions:
    • decide on and make a declaration about
    Examples:
    • Find someone guilty
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Receive
    • Get
    • Find
    • Obtain
    • Incur
    Definitions:
    • receive a specified treatment (abstract)
    Examples:
    • 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
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Find
    Definitions:
    • perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
    Examples:
    • I found myself in a difficult situation
    • When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Recover
    • Retrieve
    • Find
    • Regain
    Definitions:
    • get or find back
    • recover the use of
    Examples:
    • She regained control of herself
    • She found her voice and replied quickly
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Find
    Definitions:
    • succeed in reaching
    • arrive at
    Examples:
    • The arrow found its mark
    
    
16. Synonyms:
    • Find oneself
    • Find
    Definitions:
    • accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
    Examples:
    • My son went to Berkeley to find himself