find

find - English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: fīnd, IPA: /faɪnd/
  • Homophone: fined

Verb

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

  1. To locate
    1. (transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
      • I found this shell on the beach
    2. (transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
      • I found my car keys. They were under the couch.
    3. (ditransitive) Locate on behalf of another
      • I found you a new place to live
  2. (ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
    • Water is found to be a compound substance.
  3. (transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
    • to find leisure; to find means
  4. (transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
    • Looks like he found a new vehicle for himself!
  5. (transitive) To point out.
    • He kept finding faults with my work.
  6. (ditransitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
    • I find your argument unsatisfactory.
  7. (transitive) 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
  8. (transitive, archaic) To supply; to furnish.
    • to find food for workmen
  9. (transitive, archaic) To provide for
    • He finds his nephew in money.
  10. (intransitive, law) To determine or judge.
    • The jury finds for the defendant.
  11. (transitive, ball sports) To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.
    • Peters finds Jinkins, who is running down the left wing.
  12. (intransitive, hunting) To discover game.

Conjugation

infinitive (to) find
present tense past tense
1st-person singular find found, fand*
2nd-person singular find, findest found, fand*, foundest
3rd-person singular finds, findeth found, fand*
plural find
subjunctive find found, fand*
imperative find
participles finding found, founden

Archaic or obsolete. * Dialectal.

Synonyms

  • See also deem

Antonyms

Derived terms

See also finding and found

Translations

Noun

find (plural finds)

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

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    Anagrams

    find - Danish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /fend/, [fenˀ]

    Verb

    find

    1. imperative of finde

    find - Middle English

    Noun

    find (plural findes)

    1. Alternative form of feend
    Meaning and Definition of find
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