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Find

//faɪnd// noun, verb

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Noun

1
Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
"One of the most exciting finds made by Chinese archaeologists within the last twenty years are the sites located in Inner Mongolia and Liaoning Province, particularly the Neolithic Hung-shan culture (c. 3500-2500 B.C.E.)."
2
the act of discovering something wordnet
3
The act of finding.
4
a productive insight wordnet

Verb

1
To locate; To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon. transitive
"I found this shell on the beach."
2
accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation wordnet
3
To locate; To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate. transitive
"I found my car keys. They were under the couch."
4
receive a specified treatment (abstract) wordnet
5
To locate; To locate on behalf of another. ditransitive
"I found you a new place to live"

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6
come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds wordnet
7
To discover by study or experiment directed to an object or end. ditransitive
"Water is found to be a compound substance."
8
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study wordnet
9
To gain, as the object of desire or effort. transitive
"to find leisure; to find means"
10
decide on and make a declaration about wordnet
11
To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire. transitive
"Looks like he found a new vehicle for himself!"
12
make a discovery, make a new finding wordnet
13
To meet with; to receive. transitive
"The proposal found little support within the government."
14
succeed in reaching; arrive at wordnet
15
To point out. transitive
"He kept finding faults with my work."
16
perceive or be contemporaneous with wordnet
17
To decide that, to conclude that, to form the opinion that, to consider. ditransitive
"I find your argument unsatisfactory."
18
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes wordnet
19
To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish. transitive
"to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person"
20
perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place wordnet
21
To supply; to furnish. archaic, transitive
"to find food for workmen"
22
obtain through effort or management wordnet
23
To provide for archaic, transitive
"He finds his nephew in money."
24
get something or somebody for a specific purpose wordnet
25
To determine or judge. intransitive
"The jury finds for the defendant."
26
get or find back; recover the use of wordnet
27
To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into. transitive
"Peters finds Jinkins, who is running down the left wing."
28
come upon, as if by accident; meet with wordnet
29
To discover game. intransitive
"They found at once, and there was a short sharp run, during which Linda and Tony, both in a somewhat showing-off mood, rode side by side over the stone walls."
30
come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English finden, from Old English findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, a secondary verb from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path bridge”). See also West Frisian fine, Low German finden, Dutch vinden, German finden, Danish finde, Norwegian Bokmål finne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish finna; also English path, Old Irish étain (“I find”), áitt (“place”), Latin pōns (“bridge”), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos, “sea”), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “ford”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬃 (paṇtā̊), Sanskrit पथ (pathá, “path”), Proto-Slavic *pǫtь. For the meaning development compare Proto-Slavic *najьti > Russian найти́ (najtí), akin to Proto-Slavic *jьti > идти́ (idtí); Russian находи́ть (naxodítʹ), нахо́дка (naxódka), akin to ход (xod), ходи́ть (xodítʹ).

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