| Main Entry: | find |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of, lay hands on |
Synonyms: |
arrive at, bring to light, bump into, chance upon, collar, come across, come up with*, come upon, corral, descry, detect, dig up, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, fall in with, ferret out, happen upon, hit upon, identify, lay fingers on, light upon, locate, make out, meet, notice, observe, perceive, pinpoint, recognize, recover, run across, run into, scare up, sight, smoke out, spot, strike, stumble upon, track down, trip on, turn up, uncover, unearth |
| Notes: | a find (noun) is a discovery or productive insight - find (verb) means to come upon or discover something; fined means punished by the imposition of a penalty |
Antonyms: |
fail, lose, miss, pass by |
| Main Entry: | find |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, win |
Synonyms: |
acquire, attain, be one's lot, earn, fall to the lot, gain, get, meet, meet with, obtain, procure |
Antonyms: |
fail, fall short, forfeit, lose |
| Main Entry: | found |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into being |
Synonyms: |
begin, commence, constitute, construct, create, endow, erect, establish, fashion, fix, form, get going, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, organize, originate, plant, raise, ring in, settle, settle up, start, start the ball rolling, start up |
Antonyms: |
destroy, end |
| Main Entry: | found |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on a base |
Synonyms: |
bottom, build, erect, establish, ground, predicate, raise, rear, rest, root, stay, support, sustain |
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe, take for granted |
Synonyms: |
accept, ascertain, be afraid, be inclined to think, conclude, conjecture, consider, count upon, deduce, deem, divine, estimate, expect, fall for, fancy, find, gather, get the idea, guess, have a hunch, have sneaking suspicion, hypothesize, imagine, infer, judge, posit, postulate, predicate, presume, presuppose, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, understand |
| Notes: | assume means 'suppose to be the case, without proof; take for granted'; presume means 'suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability; take for granted that something exists or is the case' |
Antonyms: |
doubt, not believe |
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | build plan or opinion on |
Synonyms: |
construct, depend, derive, establish, found, ground, hinge, locate, plant, predicate, prop, rest, set up, station, stay |
| Main Entry: | bed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plant |
Synonyms: |
base, embed, establish, fix, found, implant, insert, set up, settle |
| Main Entry: | begin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start |
Synonyms: |
activate, actualize, break ground, break the ice, bring about, bring to pass, cause, commence, create, do, drive, effect, embark on, enter on, enter upon, establish, eventuate, found, generate, get going, give birth to, give impulse, go ahead, go into, impel, inaugurate, induce, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce, launch, lay foundation for, lead, make, make active, motivate, mount, occasion, open, originate, plunge into, prepare, produce, set about, set in motion, set up, trigger, undertake |
Antonyms: |
complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish |
| Main Entry: | come at |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reach, attain |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, discover, feel for, find, grasp, succeed, touch, win |
| Main Entry: | come up with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suggest, create |
Synonyms: |
advance, bring forth, compose, detect, discover, find, furnish, invent, offer, originate, present, produce, propose, provide, recommend, stumble upon, submit, uncover |