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FIND ONESELF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does find oneself mean?
• FIND ONESELF (verb)
The verb FIND ONESELF has 1 sense:
1. accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
Familiarity information: FIND ONESELF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
find; find oneself
Context example:
My son went to Berkeley to find himself
Hypernyms (to "find oneself" is one way to...):
grow; maturate; mature (develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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