find

Use find in a sentence

A man finds money on the street.

noun

The definition of a find is something discovered, particularly something of worth and value.
An example of find is a bag that usually sells for $500 purchased for only $50.

verb

Find is defined as to come across something by chance or to locate something that was once lost.
1. An example of find is to discover $10 lying in the road.
2. An example of find is to discover missing car keys behind the bookcase.

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find

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
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
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

Origin of find

Middle English finden from Old English findan, akin to German finden, Gothic finthan from Indo-European base an unverified form pent-, to walk, happen upon, find from source Classical Latin pons, a plank causeway, bridge

to reach and announce a decision: the jury found for the accused

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)

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find

verb

found, find·ing, finds

verb

transitive

To come upon, often by accident; meet with: found a dime on the floor.
To come upon or discover by searching or making an effort: finally found the leak in the pipe.
To discover or ascertain through observation, experience, or study: found a solution; find the product of two numbers; found that it didn't really matter.
a. To perceive to be, after experience or consideration: found the gadget surprisingly useful; found the book entertaining.
b. To experience or feel: found comfort in her smile.
To recover (something lost): found her keys.
To recover the use of; regain: found my voice and replied.
To succeed in reaching; arrive at: The dart found its mark.
To obtain or acquire by effort: found the money by economizing.
To decide on and make a declaration about: The jury deliberated and found a verdict of guilty.
To furnish; supply: We can find a bed for you somewhere in the house.
a. To bring (oneself) to an awareness of what one truly wishes to be and do in life.
b. To perceive (oneself) to be in a specific place or condition: found herself at home that night; found himself drawn to the stranger.

verb

intransitive

To come to a legal decision or verdict: The jury found for the defendant.

noun

The act of finding.
Something that is found, especially an unexpectedly valuable discovery: The Rosetta stone was a providential archaeological find.

Phrasal Verbs: find out To ascertain (something), as through examination or inquiry: I found out the phone number by looking it up. If you're not sure, find out. To detect the true nature or character of; expose: Liars risk being found out. To detect and apprehend; catch: Most embezzlers are found out in the end.

Origin of find

Middle English finden from Old English findan ; see pent- in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

find′a·ble
adjective

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present finds, present participle finding, simple past found or fand (dialectal), past participle found or (archaic) founden)

To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
I found my car keys. They were under the couch.
To point out.
He kept finding faults with my work.
To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
I find your argument unsatisfactory.
(intransitive) To determine or judge.
The jury finds for the defendant.
To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person
To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
Water is found to be a compound substance.
To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
to find leisure; to find means
To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
(archaic) To provide for; to supply; to furnish.
to find food for workmen
He finds his nephew in money.

Antonyms

lose

Noun

(plural finds)

Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
The act of finding.

Origin

From Middle English finden, from Old English findan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną (compare West Frisian fine, Low German finden, Dutch vinden, German finden, Danish finde, Swedish finna), a secondary verb from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path bridge”), *pontHo- (compare Old Irish étain (“I find”), áitt (“place”), Latin pōns (“bridge”), Ancient Greek [script?] (póntos, “sea”), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “ford”), Avestan [script?] (pantā) (gen. paþō), Sanskrit [script?] (pánthās, “path”).

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find - Computer Definition

An external DOS/Windows command that provides a "case sensitive" search for text in a file. Find is also used to locate files based on the text within the file name (see filters and pipes). Grep is the Mac/Unix/Linux counterpart to Find; however, there are third-party grep utilities for Windows as well (see grep). The following example locates all the batch files in the current folder that contain the text XCOPY: find "xcopy" *.bat

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