find

the act of discovering something

a productive insight

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

My son went to Berkeley to find himself

receive a specified treatment (abstract)

These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation

His movie received a good review

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

make a discovery

She found that he had lied to her

The story is false, so far as I can discover

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

decide on and make a declaration about

find someone guilty

make a discovery, make a new finding

Roentgen discovered X-rays

Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle

succeed in reaching; arrive at

The arrow found its mark

perceive or be contemporaneous with

We found Republicans winning the offices

You'll see a lot of cheating in this school

discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water

We found traces of lead in the paint