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I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. discover, detect, espy; get, obtain; learn, ascertain, perceive; provide; decide, declare. See acquisition, disclosure, judgment.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. fortunate discovery, acquisition, bonanza, windfall; see catch 1 , discovery 2 .

v.

1. [To happen upon]

Syn. discover, come upon, happen on, spot, descry, espy, detect, notice, observe, perceive, discern, hit upon, chance on, chance upon, encounter, uncover, locate, recover, expose, come across, run across, meet with, stumble on, run into, light upon, strike upon, catch sight of, bring to light, dig up*, turn up*, scare up*, smell out*, make out*, trip up on*, trip over*, meet up with*, lay one's finger on*, lay one's hand on*, bump into*; see also see 1 .

Ant. lose*, mislay, miss.

2. [To achieve]

Syn. attain, win, get, gain; see obtain 1 .

3. [To discover by search or effort]

Syn. ascertain, unearth, locate, track down*; see discover .

4. [To reach a legal decision]

Syn. pronounce, determine, affirm; see decide .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

discover, stumble upon, come upon, chance upon, uncover, spot, ferret out, see, locate, ascertain, espy, discern, sight, detect.

ANT.: lose, misplace, lose sight of, overlook

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To find or meet by chance: bump into, chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run across, run into, stumble on (or upon), tumble on. Archaic: alight on (or upon). Idiom: meet up with. See MEET. 2. To look for and discover: locate, pinpoint, spot. See GET. 3. To obtain knowledge or awareness of something not known before, as through observation or study. Also used with out: ascertain, determine, discover, hear, learn. See TEACH. II noun Something that has been discovered: ascertainment, discovery, finding, strike. See TEACH.