FINDS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

the act of discovering something

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

a productive insight

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Verb

make a discovery, make a new finding

Example: Roentgen discovered X-rays; Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Verb

succeed in reaching

Example: arrive at; The arrow found its mark

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Verb

perceive or be contemporaneous with

Example: 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

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Verb

discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

Example: She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water; We found traces of lead in the paint

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Verb

perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place

Example: I found myself in a difficult situation; When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Verb

obtain through effort or management

Example: She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents; We found the money to send our sons to college

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Verb

get something or somebody for a specific purpose

Example: 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

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Verb

get or find back

Example: recover the use of; She regained control of herself; She found her voice and replied quickly

Meaning 11

Part of speech: Verb

come upon, as if by accident

Example: 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

Meaning 12

Part of speech: Verb

come upon after searching

Example: find the location of something that was missed or lost; Did you find your glasses?; I cannot find my gloves!

Meaning 13

Part of speech: Verb

accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation

Example: My son went to Berkeley to find himself

Meaning 14

Part of speech: Verb

receive a specified treatment (abstract)

Example: 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

Meaning 15

Part of speech: Verb

come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds

Example: I feel that he doesn't like me; I find him to be obnoxious; I found the movie rather entertaining

Meaning 16

Part of speech: Verb

make a discovery

Example: She found that he had lied to her; The story is false, so far as I can discover

Meaning 17

Part of speech: Verb

establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

Example: find the product of two numbers; The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize

Meaning 18

Part of speech: Verb

decide on and make a declaration about

Example: find someone guilty