A productive insight.

synoniemen: breakthrough, discovery.

Roget 775: acquisition; gaining etc. v.; obtainment; procuration^†, procurement; purchase, descent, inheritance; gift etc. 784.    recovery, retrieval, revendication^†, replevin [Law], restitution etc. 790; redemption, salvage, trover [Law].    find, trouvaille^†, foundling.    gain, thrift; money-making, money grubbing; lucre, filthy lucre, pelf; loaves and fishes, the main chance; emolument etc. (remuneration) 973.    profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit; avails; income etc. (receipt) 810; proceeds, produce, product; outcome, output; return, fruit, crop, harvest; second crop, aftermath; benefit etc. (good) 618.    sweepstakes, trick, prize, pool; pot; wealth etc. 803.    subreption [Fraudulent acquisition]; obreption^†; stealing etc. 791.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 480a: discovery, detection, disenchantment; ascertainment^†, disclosure, find, revelation.    trover [Law] etc. (recovery) 775.   

Nederlands: vinding, doorbraak, ontdekking, vondst

The act of discovering something.

synoniemen: discovery, uncovering.

Nederlands: vondst

Come upon, as if by accident; meet with:
— We find this idea in Plato.

synoniemen: bump, chance, encounter, happen.

Roget 151: happen, occur; take place, take effect; come, become of; come off, comeabout^†, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on; pass, present itself; fall; fall out, turn out; run, be on foot, fall in; befall, betide, bechance^†; prove, eventuate, draw on; turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up; supervene, survene^†; issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course; pass off etc. (be past) 122.    meet with; experience, enjoy, encounter, undergo, suffer, pass through, go through, be subjected to, be exposed to; fall to the lot of; be one's chance, be one's fortune, be one's lot; find; endure etc. (feel) 821.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 637: provide; make provision, make due provision for; lay in, lay in a stock, lay in a store.    supply, suppeditate^†; furnish; find, find one in; arm.    cater, victual, provision, purvey, forage; beat up for; stock, stock with; make good, replenish; fill, fill up; recruit, feed.    have in store, have in reserve; keep, keep by one, keep on foot, keep on hand; have to fall back upon; store etc. 636; provide against a rainy day etc. (economy) 817.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: treffen, confronteren, ontmoeten, vinden

Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of.

synoniemen: detect, discover, notice, observe.

Roget 480a: discover, find, determine, evolve, learn etc. 539; fix upon; pick up; find out, trace out, make out, hunt out, fish out, worm out, ferret out, root out; fathom; bring out, draw out; educe, elicit, bring to light; dig out, grub up, fish up; unearth, disinter.    solve, resolve, elucidate; unriddle, unravel, unlock, crack, crack open; pick up, open the lock; find a clue, find clew a to, find the key to the riddle; interpret etc. 522; disclose etc. 529.    trace, get at; hit it, have it; lay one's finger, lay one's hands upon; spot; get at the truth, arrive at the truth etc. 494; put the saddle on the right horse, hit the right nail on the head.    be near the truth, be warm, get warmer, burn; smoke, scent, sniff, catch a whiff of, smell a rat.    open the eyes to; see through, see daylight, see in its true colors, see the cloven foot; detect; catch, catch tripping.    pitch upon, fall upon, light upon, hit upon, stumble upon, pop upon; come across, come onto; meet with, meet up with, fall in with.    recognize, realize; verify, make certain of, identify.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: opsporen, detecteren, ontdekken, vinden

Come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost:
— Did you find your glasses?.
— I cannot find my gloves!.

synoniem: regain.

Nederlands: vondst, aantreffen, vinden

Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study:
— Find the product of two numbers.

synoniemen: ascertain, determine, find out.

Roget 480: judge, conclude; come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion; ascertain, determine, make up one's mind.    deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction, weet^†, ween^†.    form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate, rank, account; regard, consider, think of; look upon etc. (believe) 484; review; size up [Slang].    settle; pass an opinion, give an opinion; decide, try, pronounce, rule; pass judgment, pass sentence; sentence, doom; find; give judgment, deliver judgment; adjudge, adjudicate; arbitrate, award, report; bring in a verdict; make absolute, set a question at rest; confirm etc. (assent) 488.    comment, criticize, kibitz; pass under review etc. (examine) 457; investigate etc. (inquire) 461.    hold the scales, sit in judgment; try judgment, hear a cause.    ... meer laten zien

Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds:
— I find him to be obnoxious.

synoniem: feel.

Perceive or be contemporaneous with.

synoniemen: see, witness.

Get something or somebody for a specific purpose.

synoniemen: come up, get hold, line up.

Make a discovery, make a new finding.

synoniem: discover.

Make a discovery.

synoniem: discover.

Nederlands: ontdekken

Obtain through effort or management.

Decide on and make a declaration about:
— Find someone guilty.

synoniem: rule.

Receive a specified treatment (abstract):
— These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation.

synoniemen: get, incur, obtain, receive.

Roget 775: acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather; collect etc. (assemble) 72; pick, pickup; glean.    find; come upon, pitch upon, light upon; scrape up, scrape together; get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure; derive, draw, get in the harvest.    profit; make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit; turn to profit, turn to account; make capital out of, make money by; obtain a return, reap the fruits of; reap an advantage, gain an advantage; turn a penny, turn an honest penny; make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill; make money, coin money, raise money; raise funds, raise the wind; fill one's pocket etc. (wealth) 803.    treasure up etc. (store) 636; realize, clear; produce etc. 161; take etc. 789.    get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate^†, replevy [Law], redeem, come by one's own.    come by, come in for; receive etc. 785; inherit; step into a fortune, step into the shoes of; succeed to.    get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's hand, get at; take possession, come into possession, enter into possession.    be profitable etc. adj.; pay, answer.    accrue etc. (be received) 785.    ... meer laten zien

Perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place.

Get or find back; recover the use of.

synoniemen: recover, regain, retrieve.

Nederlands: herkrijgen, bergen, terugkrijgen, achterhalen, hervinden, terugvinden, weervinden

Succeed in reaching; arrive at.

Accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation:
— My son went to Berkeley to find himself.

synoniem: find oneself.