1.come upon, as if by accident; meet with;

We find this idea in Plato

2.discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;

She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water

3.come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost;

Did you find your glasses?

4.after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study;

find the product of two numbers

5.come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds;

I feel that he doesn't like me

6.perceive or be contemporaneous with;

We found Republicans winning the offices

7.get something or somebody for a specific purpose;

I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener

8.make a discovery, make a new finding;

Roentgen discovered X-rays

9.make a discovery;

She found that he had lied to her

10. obtain through effort or management;

She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents

11. decide on and make a declaration about;

find someone guilty

12. receive a specified treatment (abstract);

These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation

13. perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place;

I found myself in a difficult situation

14. get or find back; recover the use of;

She regained control of herself

15. succeed in reaching; arrive at;

The arrrow found its mark

16. accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation;

My son went to Berkeley to find himself