finds

1. come upon, as if by accident; meet withExamples: "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"Synonyms: bump, chance, encounter, find, happen

2. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact ofExamples: "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"Synonyms: detect, discover, find, notice, observe

3. come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lostExamples: "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"Synonyms: find, regainAntonyms: lose

4. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or studyExamples: "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"Synonyms: ascertain, determine, find, find out

5. come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite groundsExamples: "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"Synonyms: feel, find

6. perceive or be contemporaneous withExamples: "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"Synonyms: find, see, witness