(n) a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case"

(n) a concept whose truth can be proved; "scientific hypotheses are not facts"

(n) a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts"

(n) an event known to have happened or something known to have existed; "your fears have no basis in fact"; "how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell"

(n) primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"

(n) people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"

(n) a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"

(n) a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"

(n) (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"

(n) an association of people who share common beliefs or activities; "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship"

(n) a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

(n) a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family"

(n) manual-genital stimulation for sexual pleasure; "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel"

(n) a property perceived by touch

(n) an intuitive awareness; "he has a feel for animals" or "it's easy when you get the feel of it";

(n) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"

(v) seem with respect to a given sensation given; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"

(v) have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves"

(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) examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater"

(v) pass one's hands over the sexual organs of; "He felt the girl in the movie theater"

(v) examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach"; "The runner felt her pulse"

(v) undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"

(v) perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"

(v) undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet"; "she felt his contempt of her"

(v) grope or feel in search of something; "He felt for his wallet"

(v) produce a certain impression; "It feels nice to be home again"

(v) find by testing or cautious exploration; "He felt his way around the dark room"

(v) be felt or perceived in a certain way; "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft"

(n) the act of discovering something

(n) a productive insight

(v) accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"

(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) 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) make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"

(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) decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"

(v) make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"

(v) succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrrow found its mark"

(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) 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) 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) 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) 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) get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"

(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) come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"

(n) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first base

(n) the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

(n) an honours degree of the highest class

(n) the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month"

(n) the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first"

(n) the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"

(s) being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills"

(s) ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"

(s) serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"

(s) serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"

(a) preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"

(a) highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn"

(s) indicating the beginning unit in a series

(r) before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"

(r) the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake"

(r) prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"

(r) before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first"