Synonyms of the word

find

• v. (transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
• v. (transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
• v. (transitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
• v. (transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
• v. (transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
• v. (transitive) To point out.
• v. (transitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
• v. (transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To supply; to furnish.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To provide for.
• v. (intransitive, law) To determine or judge.
• v. (intransitive, hunting) To discover game.
• n. Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
• n. The act of finding.

acquire

• v. (transitive) To get.
• v. (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
• v. (medicine) To contract.
• v. (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.

ascertain

• v. To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
• v. (archaic) To make (someone) certain or confident.

attain

• v. (transitive) To accomplish; to achieve.
• v. To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.
• v. (transitive) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.
• v. (intransitive) To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object,…
• v. To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
• v. (obsolete) To overtake.

brainstorm

• v. To investigate something, or solve a problem using brainstorming.
• v. To participate in a brainstorming session.
• n. (US) A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem.
• n. (An instance of) brainstorming.
• n. (Britain) An unexpected mental error.

brainwave

• n. Any of many rhythmic fluctuations of electric potential between parts of the brain, especially those seen…
• n. A sudden idea, understanding, or inspiration; a brainstorm.

breakthrough

• adj. Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
• n. (military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
• n. Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
• n. (sports) The penetration of the opposition defence.
• n. (construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a…

bump

• n. A light blow or jolting collision.
• n. The sound of such a collision.
• n. A protuberance on a level surface.
• n. A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
• n. One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or…
• n. (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to…
• n. The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
• n. (Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning…
• n. A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
• n. (slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
• n. The noise made by the bittern; a boom.
• n. A coarse cotton fabric.
• n. A training match for a fighting dog.
• n. (snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
• v. To knock against or run into with a jolt.
• v. To move up or down by a step.
• v. (Internet) To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it…
• v. (chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
• v. (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
• v. (transitive) To move the time of a scheduled event.
• v. (archaic) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.
• interj. (Internet) Posted in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to…

chance

• n. (countable) An opportunity or possibility.
• n. (uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.
• n. (countable) The probability of something happening.
• n. (countable, archaic) What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
• v. (archaic, intransitive) To happen by chance, to occur.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To befall; to happen to.
• v. To try or risk.
• v. To discover something by chance.
• v. (Belize) To rob, cheat or swindle someone.
• adj. (rare) Happening by chance, casual.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

comprehend

• v. (now rare) To include, comprise; to contain.
• v. To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.

conceive

• v. (transitive) To develop an idea; to form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to originate.
• v. (transitive) To understand (someone).
• v. (intransitive or transitive) To become pregnant.

conceptualise

• v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of conceptualize.

conceptualize

• v. To interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept.
• v. To conceive the idea for something.

conclude

• v. (intransitive) To end; to come to an end.
• v. (transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
• v. (transitive) To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.
• v. (transitive) To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.
• v. (obsolete) To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.
• v. To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar;generally in the passive.
• v. (obsolete) To shut up; to enclose.
• v. (obsolete) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace.
• v. (logic) to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation).

deed

• n. An action or act; something that is done.
• n. A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
• n. Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.
• n. (law) A legal contract showing bond in form of a document.
• v. (informal) To transfer real property by deed.

detect

• v. to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
• adj. (obsolete) Detected.

determine

• v. To set the boundaries or limits of.
• v. To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
• v. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
• v. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
• v. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence;…
• v. To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
• v. (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
• v. (obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.

discover

• v. To find or learn something for the first time.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).
• v. (transitive, now rare) To expose, uncover.
• v. (transitive, chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To reveal (information); to divulge, make known.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To reconnoitre, explore (an area).
• v. (obsolete) To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit.

discovery

• n. Something discovered.
• n. (uncountable) The discovering of new things.
• n. (countable, archaic) An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.
• n. (law, uncountable) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
• n. (law, uncountable) Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence…

effort

• n. The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
• n. An endeavour.
• n. A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
• v. (uncommon, intransitive) To make an effort.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To stimulate.

encounter

• v. (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly.
• v. (transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
• n. An unplanned or unexpected meeting.
• n. A hostile meeting; a confrontation or skirmish.
• n. A sudden, often violent clash, as between combatants.
• n. (sports) A match between two opposing sides.

experience

• n. (countable, uncountable) Event(s) of which one is cognizant.
• n. (countable) An activity which one has performed.
• n. (countable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge,…
• n. (uncountable) The knowledge thus gathered.
• v. (transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions…

exploit

• n. A heroic or extraordinary deed.
• n. An achievement.
• n. (computing) A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.
• v. (transitive) To use for one’s own advantage.
• v. (transitive) To forcibly deprive someone of something to which she or he has a natural right.

feat

• n. A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.
• adj. (archaic) Dexterous in movements or service; skilful; neat; pretty.
• v. (obsolete) To form; to fashion.

feel

• v. (heading) To use the sense of touch.
• v. (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
• v. (transitive) To be or become aware of.
• v. (transitive) To experience the consequences of.
• v. (copulative) To seem (through touch or otherwise).
• v. (transitive, US, slang) To understand.
• n. A quality of an object experienced by touch.
• n. A vague mental impression.
• n. An act of fondling.
• n. A vague understanding.
• n. An intuitive ability.
• n. (chiefly US, slang) Alternative form of feeling.
• pron. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele.
• adj. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele.
• adv. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele.

gain

• prep. (obsolete) Against.
• adj. (obsolete) Straight, direct; near; short.
• adj. (obsolete) Suitable; convenient; ready.
• adj. (dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
• adj. (dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
• adv. (obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
• adv. (dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
• adv. (dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.
• n. The act of gaining; acquisition.
• n. What is gained.
• n. (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
• v. (transitive) To acquire possession of.
• v. (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest,…
• v. (transitive, dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
• v. (transitive) To increase.
• v. (intransitive) To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
• v. (transitive) To reach.
• v. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
• v. (intransitive) To put on weight.
• v. (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
• n. (architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports…

gestate

• v. To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery.
• v. (by analogy) To develop an idea.

get

• v. (transitive) To obtain; to acquire.
• v. (transitive) To receive.
• v. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
• v. (copulative) To become.
• v. (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
• v. (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
• v. (transitive) To cause to do.
• v. (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses…
• v. (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
• v. (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
• v. (transitive) To cause to be in a certain status or position.
• v. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
• v. (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
• v. (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
• v. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity…
• v. (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it).
• v. (transitive, informal) To be subjected to.
• v. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
• v. (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
• v. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
• v. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
• v. (transitive) To find as an answer.
• v. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
• v. (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
• v. (transitive) To getter.
• v. (now rare) To beget (of a father).
• v. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
• v. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
• v. (imperative, informal) Go away; get lost.
• v. (euphemistic) To kill.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
• n. Offspring.
• n. Lineage.
• n. (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
• n. Something gained.
• n. (Britain, regional) A git.
• n. (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.

grow

• v. (ergative) To become bigger.
• v. (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
• v. (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
• v. (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

happen

• v. To occur or take place.
• v. To occur unexpectedly, by chance or with a low probability.
• v. (followed by on or upon) To encounter by chance.
• adv. (obsolete or dialect) maybe, perhaps.

hear

• v. (intransitive) To perceive sounds through the ear.
• v. (transitive) To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something)…
• v. (transitive) To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
• v. (transitive) To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.).
• v. (transitive) To receive information about; to come to learn of.
• v. (transitive) To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try.
• v. (transitive, informal) To sympathize with; to share the feeling or opinion of.

hit

• v. (heading, physical) To strike.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
• v. (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
• v. (heading) To attain, to achieve.
• v. (transitive) To affect negatively.
• v. (heading, games) To make a play.
• v. (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
• v. (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
• v. (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
• n. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches…
• n. (music) A recorded song that receives widespread recognition and success, mainly through radio airplay.
• n. An attack on a location, person or people.
• n. (computing, Internet) The result of a search of a computer system or of a search engine.
• n. (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
• n. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
• n. (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s…
• n. (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
• n. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
• n. (dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
• n. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
• adj. Designating of a popular song.
• pron. (dialectal) It.

incur

• v. (transitive) To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or…
• v. (chiefly law) To render somebody liable or subject to.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To enter or pass into.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger.
• v. (transitive) To render liable or subject to; to occasion.

insight

• n. A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used…
• n. Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration; discernment; perception.
• n. (marketing) Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to…
• n. Intuitive apprehension of the inner nature of a thing or things; intuition.
• n. (artificial intelligence) An extended understanding of a subject resulting from identification of relationships…

judge

• n. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering…
• n. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
• n. A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
• n. A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
• v. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
• v. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
• v. (transitive) To form an opinion on.
• v. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
• v. (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
• v. (intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.

label

• n. A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
• n. A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
• n. (music) A company that sells records.
• n. (computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
• n. (computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
• n. (heraldry) A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
• n. (obsolete) A tassel.
• n. A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
• n. A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
• n. (architecture) The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
• n. In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
• v. (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
• v. (transitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
• v. (biochemistry) To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of…
• v. (biochemistry) To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance…

learn

• v. To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
• v. To attend a course or other educational activity.
• v. To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
• v. To be studying.
• v. To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
• v. (now only in slang and dialects) To teach.

make

• v. (transitive, heading) To create.
• v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
• v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
• v. To constitute.
• v. (intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
• v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
• v. (transitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
• v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
• v. (transitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
• v. (transitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
• v. (transitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
• v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
• v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
• v. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
• v. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
• v. To appoint; to name.
• v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
• v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
• v. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
• v. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
• v. To enact; to establish.
• v. To develop into; to prove to be.
• v. To form or formulate in the mind.
• v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in…
• v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
• v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
• v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
• v. (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
• n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
• n. How a thing is made; construction.
• n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
• n. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
• n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
• n. A person's character or disposition.
• n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
• n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
• n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of…
• n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
• n. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
• n. (slang, military) A promotion.
• n. A home-made project.
• n. (basketball) A made basket.
• n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
• n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.

maturate

• v. To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
• v. To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).

mature

• adj. Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
• adj. Profound; careful.
• adj. (obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
• v. (intransitive, of food, especially fruit) To become mature; to ripen.
• v. (intransitive) To gain experience or wisdom with age.
• v. (transitive) To make something mature.
• v. (intransitive, finance) To reach the date when payment is due.

notice

• n. (chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
• n. (countable) A written or printed announcement.
• n. (countable) A formal notification or warning.
• n. (chiefly uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee…
• n. (countable) A published critical review of a play or the like.
• n. (uncountable) Prior notification.
• n. (dated) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
• v. (transitive) To acknowledge the presence of; observe.
• v. (transitive) To detect; to perceive with the mind.

observe

• v. (transitive) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
• v. (transitive) To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).
• v. (intransitive) To comment on something; to make an observation.

obtain

• v. (transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To prevail, be victorious; to succeed.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To hold; to keep, possess or occupy.
• v. (intransitive) To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force.

perceive

• v. To see, to be aware of, to understand.

pronounce

• v. (transitive) To formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.
• v. (intransitive) To pass judgment.
• v. (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
• v. (intransitive) To produce the components of speech.
• v. (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
• v. (transitive) To read aloud.

reach

• v. (intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
• v. (transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand;…
• v. (intransitive) To stretch out the hand.
• v. (transitive) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something…
• v. (intransitive) To strike or touch with a missile.
• v. (transitive) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
• v. (transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
• v. (transitive) To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
• v. (transitive) To continue living until, or up to, a certain age.
• v. (obsolete) To understand; to comprehend.
• v. (obsolete) To overreach; to deceive.
• v. To strain after something; to make efforts.
• v. (intransitive) To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from…
• v. (nautical) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
• v. To experience a vomiting reflex; to gag; to retch.
• n. The act of stretching or extending; extension.
• n. The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
• n. The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management;…
• n. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
• n. (informal) An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
• n. (boxing) The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
• n. An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one…
• n. (nautical) Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
• n. (obsolete) An article to obtain an advantage.
• n. The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
• n. An effort to vomit; a retching.

reason

• n. A cause.
• n. (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception,…
• n. (obsolete) Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
• n. (mathematics, obsolete) Ratio; proportion.
• v. (intransitive) To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process…
• v. (intransitive) Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute;…
• v. (intransitive) To converse; to compare opinions.
• v. (transitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to…
• v. (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request.
• v. (transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument.
• v. (transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
• v. (transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.

receive

• v. To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.
• v. To take possession of.
• v. To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence,…
• v. To incur (an injury).
• v. To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
• v. (telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter.
• v. (sports) To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To accept into the mind; to understand.
• n. (telecommunications) An operation in which data is received.

recover

• v. (transitive) To get back, regain (a physical thing lost etc.).
• v. (transitive) To return to, resume (a given state of mind or body).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To reach (a place), arrive at.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury…
• v. (transitive, archaic) To get better from; to get over.
• v. (intransitive) To get better, regain one's health.
• v. (intransitive) To regain one's composure, balance etc.
• v. (intransitive, law) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit.
• v. (transitive, law) To gain as compensation or reparation.
• v. (transitive, law) To gain by legal process.
• n. (obsolete) Recovery.
• n. (military) A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and…
• v. To cover again.
• v. (roofing) To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.

regain

• v. (transitive) To get back; to recover possession of.

retrieve

• v. (transitive) To regain or get back something.
• v. (transitive) To rescue (a) creature(s).
• v. (transitive) To salvage something.
• v. (transitive) To remedy or rectify something.
• v. (transitive) To remember or recall something.
• v. (transitive) To fetch or carry back something.
• v. (transitive) To fetch and bring in game.
• v. (intransitive) To fetch and bring in game systematically.
• v. (intransitive) To fetch or carry back systematically, notably as a game.
• v. (sports, transitive) To make a difficult but successful return of the ball.
• v. (obsolete) To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair (a loss or damage).
• n. A retrieval.
• n. (sports) The return of a difficult ball.
• n. (obsolete) A seeking again; a discovery.
• n. (obsolete) The recovery of game once sprung.

rule

• n. A regulation, law, guideline.
• n. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
• n. A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as…
• n. A regulating principle.
• n. The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
• n. A normal condition or state of affairs.
• n. (obsolete) Conduct; behaviour.
• n. (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or…
• n. (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
• n. (printing, dated) A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing…
• v. (transitive) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
• v. (slang, intransitive) To excel.
• v. (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
• v. (intransitive) To decide judicially.
• v. (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by…

see

• v. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
• v. To form a mental picture of.
• v. (social) To meet, to visit.
• v. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
• v. (gambling) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
• v. (sometimes mystical) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
• v. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
• v. (used in the imperative) Used to emphasise a proposition.
• v. (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
• n. A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
• n. The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric.
• n. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

sight

• n. (in the singular) The ability to see.
• n. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
• n. Something seen.
• n. Something worth seeing; a spectacle.
• n. A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
• n. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
• n. (now colloquial) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
• n. In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame…
• n. (obsolete) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
• n. Mental view; opinion; judgment.
• v. (transitive) To register visually.
• v. (transitive) To get sight of (something).
• v. (transitive) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction…
• v. (transitive) To take aim at.

uncovering

• v. present participle of uncover.
• n. The act by which something is uncovered.

undergo

• v. (transitive, obsolete) To go or move under or beneath.
• v. (transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase.
• v. (transitive) To suffer or endure; bear with.

witness

• n. (uncountable) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
• n. (countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
• n. (countable) Someone called to give evidence in a court.
• n. (countable) Something that serves as evidence; a sign.
• v. (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
• v. (transitive) To take as evidence.
• v. (transitive) To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
• v. (intransitive, construed with to or for) To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone)…
• v. To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.