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(n)
a
productive
insight
(n)
the
act
of
discovering
something
(v)
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
"
(v)
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
"
(v)
come
upon
after
searching
;
find
the
location
of
something
that
was
missed
or
lost
; "
Did
you
find
your
glasses
?"; "
I
cannot
find
my
gloves
!"
(v)
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
"
(v)
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
"
(v)
perceive
or
be
contemporaneous
with
; "
We
found
Republicans
winning
the
offices
"; "
You
''
ll
see
a
lot
of
cheating
in
this
school
"; "
I
want
to
see
results
"; "
The
1960
saw
the
rebellion
of
the
younger
generation
against
established
traditions
"; "
I
want
to
see
(v)
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
"
(v)
make
a
discovery
,
make
a
new
finding
; "
Roentgen
discovered
X
-
rays
"; "
Physicists
believe
they
found
a
new
elementary
particle
"
(v)
make
a
discovery
; "
She
found
that
he
had
lied
to
her
"; "
The
story
is
false
,
so
far
as
I
can
discover
"
(v)
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
"
(v)
decide
on
and
make
a
declaration
about
; "
find
someone
guilty
"
(v)
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
"
(v)
perceive
oneself
to
be
in
a
certain
condition
or
place
; "
I
found
myself
in
a
difficult
situation
"; "
When
he
woke
up
,
he
found
himself
in
a
hospital
room
"
(v)
get
or
find
back
;
recover
the
use
of
; "
She
regained
control
of
herself
"; "
She
found
her
voice
and
replied
quickly
"
(v)
succeed
in
reaching
;
arrive
at
; "
The
arrrow
found
its
mark
"
(v)
accept
and
make
use
of
one
''
s
personality
,
abilities
,
and
situation
; "
My
son
went
to
Berkeley
to
find
himself
"
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