Are you trying to hyphenate finds? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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A productive insight |
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The act of discovering something |
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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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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 |
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Come upon after searching Find the location of something that was missed or lost Did you find your glasses? I cannot find my gloves! |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Make a discovery, make a new finding Roentgen discovered X-rays Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle |
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Make a discovery She found that he had lied to her The story is false |
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So far as I can discover |
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Obtain through effort or management She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents We found the money to send our sons to college |
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Decide on and make a declaration about Find someone guilty |
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Receive a specified treatment (abstract) 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 |
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Perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place I found myself in a difficult situation When he woke up |
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He found himself in a hospital room |
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Get or find back Recover the use of She regained control of herself She found her voice and replied quickly |
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Succeed in reaching Arrive at The arrow found its mark |
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Accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation My son went to Berkeley to find himself |