find Definition
find (fīnd)
transitive verb found, find′·ing
- to happen on; come upon; meet with; discover by chance
- to get by searching or by making an effort find the answer
- to get sight or knowledge of; perceive; learn I find that I was wrong
- to experience or feel to find pleasure in music
- to get or recover (something lost) to find a missing book
- to get or recover the use of we found our sea legs
- to realize as being; consider; think to find a book boring
- to get to; reach; attain the blow found his chin
- to declare after careful thought the jury found him innocent
- to supply; furnish
Etymology: ME finden < OE findan, akin to Ger finden, Goth finthan < IE base *pent-, to walk, happen upon, find > L pons, a plank causeway, bridge
intransitive verb
to reach and announce a decision the jury found for the accused
noun
- the act of finding
- something found, esp. something interesting or valuable
find Idioms
find oneself
- to learn what one's real talents and inclinations are, and begin to apply them
- to become aware of being to find oneself in trouble
find out
- to discover; learn
- to learn the true character or identity of (someone or something)
find Synonyms
find Synonyms
find
v.
To happen upon
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.To achieve
To discover by search or effort
ascertain, unearth, locate, track down*; see discover.To reach a legal decision
find Usage Examples
Object
- way: I couldn't find a way to successfully halve the recipe.
- solution: SCC Traffic Traffic calming doesn't work - people shoot through - find a better solution.
- something: With the best will in the world, nine times out of ten rabbits will find something to destroy.
- answer: A number of mailboxes are operated to enable users to ask them questions for which users have not found an answer on Europa.
- information: You can find any information about this section below.
- job: He looked for work and found a job in the theater.
Preposition: at
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Noun phrase with adjective complement
- helpful: May 26, 2006 3 out of 4 found this review helpful What a good book!
- useful: The aim is for 75 % of attendees to find the training useful.
- difficult: Practitioners find men even more difficult to engage than their sons and most dads won't go near school unless absolutely necessary.
- interesting: We found the whole trip interesting, education and a wonderful experience.
Adjective modifier
archeological: Archeological finds revealed one of the earliest type of flute unearthed from a tomb in Hubei province.
Adjective complement
- guilty: Anyone who is found guilty of a bomb plot deserves the heaviest sentence available.
- dead: He was found dead at his home in Newcastle-under-Lyme on Thursday evening.
- useful: AI Links: Here are some links I find most useful.
- interesting: Another useful email function is the ability to send a friend a link to a thread you think they may find interesting.
Followed by an intransitive particle
out: Try to find out what's really going on.
Followed by a transitive particle
out: Find out more about the ICT Mark for schools.
Used with why or when
Browse dictionary entries near find
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- ‹ finca
- ‹ finback whale
- ‹ financing
- ‹ financier
- ‹ Financial Times Stock Exchange Index 100 Index
- ‹ Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999
- ‹ Financial Services Authority
- ‹ financial planner
- ‹ financial plan
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