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find (fīnd)

transitive verb found, finding find′·ing

  1. to happen on; come upon; meet with; discover by chance
  2. to get by searching or by making an effort find the answer
  3. to get sight or knowledge of; perceive; learn I find that I was wrong
  4. to experience or feel to find pleasure in music
    1. to get or recover (something lost) to find a missing book
    2. to get or recover the use of we found our sea legs
  6. to realize as being; consider; think to find a book boring
  7. to get to; reach; attain the blow found his chin
  8. to declare after careful thought the jury found him innocent
  9. 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

  1. the act of finding
  2. something found, esp. something interesting or valuable
find Idioms

find oneself

  1. to learn what one's real talents and inclinations are, and begin to apply them
  2. to become aware of being to find oneself in trouble

find out

  1. to discover; learn
  2. to learn the true character or identity of (someone or something)

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