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verb (used with object)

to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.

to locate, attain, or obtain by search or effort: to find an apartment; to find happiness.

to locate or recover (something lost or misplaced): I can't find my blue socks.

to discover or perceive after consideration: to find something to be true.

to gain or regain the use of: His anger finally helped him find his tongue.

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to ascertain by study or calculation: to find the sum of several numbers.

to feel or perceive: He finds it so.

to become aware of, or discover (oneself), as being in a condition or location: After a long illness, he found himself well again. She woke to find herself at home.

to discover: Columbus found America in 1492.

10.

Law.

to determine after judicial inquiry: to find a person guilty.

to pronounce as an official act (an indictment, verdict, or judgment).

11.

to provide or furnish: Bring blankets and we'll find the rest of the equipment for the trip.

12.

South Midland and Southern U.S. (of farm animals) to give birth to: The brown cow found a calf yesterday.

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verb (used without object)

13.

to determine an issue after judicial inquiry: The jury found for the plaintiff.

14.

British Hunting. to come upon game.

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an agreement enforceable by law, originally applied to promises under seal; a bond containing a penalty, with a condition annexed for payment of money

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noun

15.

an act of finding or discovering.

16.

something found; a discovery, especially a valuable or gratifying one: Our cook was a find.

17.

Hunting. a discovery of game, especially foxes.

Verb phrase

18.

find out,

to discover or confirm the truth of (something).

to detect or expose, as a crime or offense.

to uncover the true nature, identity, or intentions of (someone): They found him out before he could launch the rebellion.

Idioms

19.

find fault. fault (def. 16).

20.

find oneself, to discover where one's real interests or talents lie, and follow them: After trying many occupations, he finally found himself and became an account executive.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English finden, Old English findan; cognate with German finden, Dutch vinden, Old Norse finna, Gothic finthan

Related forms

find·a·ble, adjective

re·find, verb (used with object), -found, -find·ing.

Synonyms
2. achieve, win, earn, acquire.

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Example Sentences

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Apart from that, it is hard to find fault with the city.

The giant fish is hard to study in part because it is hard to find and track.

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Use our tool to find out which colleges excel in which areas.

Apart from that, it is hard to find fault with the city.

The giant fish is hard to study in part because it is hard to find and track.

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Thuy seemed pleased to find someone interested in her travails.

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Other than people in danger of being kidnapped, such devices seem unlikely to find many takers.

It would be ideal, however, if they could find out about their own home town.

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Even when you can't find the right answer, you know it exists.

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The feds are on your trail, always trying to find out who you're meeting with and talking to.

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And although her goal was to find a position in academe, she took work in other fields.

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None but the pickiest churl could find a significant omission in this compilation.

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Lion cubs eager for a meal find themselves in a prickly situation.

Cupid's arrows, laced with neurotransmitters, find their marks.

The thinner redstarts leaving later must head farther north to find enough food.

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Students interested in becoming church professionals upon graduation will find themselves well prepared.

Others talk of leaving their car with the battery fully charged, only to return an hour or two later to find it flat.

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He plans to conduct experiments designed to find out whether this is so.

Scientists find a strange connection between physical pain and positive emotions.

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If that is the case, it should be possible to find an advisor in a different department that is still within your field.

If actual statistics are anything to go by, this team may well only find there own deaths.

Stock your kitchen herb garden or find the perfect garden pot.

But as merit aid increases, needy students find it hard to pay for their education.

When scientists find chemicals that disrupt human systems, regulators must ban them.

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Alvarez quit a job cleaning houses last summer, she couldn't find another one.

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It has allowed isolated people to communicate with one another and marginalized people to find one another.

Artists find mind-bending ways to bring impossible figures.

You'll find calm, shallow water and lots of excited.

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UK researchers find that taste buds respond differently to depression therapies that target serotonin and noradrenaline.

Entomologists struggle to find an alternative to the vanishing honeybee.

Shape-memory polymers find use in medicine and clothing.

Many of us occasionally find ourselves eclipsed by mental fog.

Fossil find sheds light on how jointed legs of insects, spiders and crustaceans might have originated.

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World English Dictionary

find (faɪnd)

—vb , finds, finding, found
1.	to meet with or discover by chance
2.	to discover or obtain, esp by search or effort: to find happiness
3.	(may take a clause as object) to become aware of; realize: he found that nobody knew
4.	(may take a clause as object) to regard as being; consider: I find this wine a little sour
5.	to look for and point out (something to be criticized): to find fault
6.	(also intr) law to determine an issue after judicial inquiry and pronounce a verdict (upon): the court found the accused guilty
7.	to regain (something lost or not functioning): to find one's tongue
8.	to reach (a target): the bullet found its mark
9.	to provide, esp with difficulty: we'll find room for you too
10.	to be able to pay: I can't find that amount of money
11.	find oneself to realize and accept one's real character; discover one's true vocation
12.	find one's feet to become capable or confident, as in a new job

—n
13.	a person, thing, etc, that is found, esp a valuable or fortunate discovery

[Old English findan; related to Old Norse finna, Gothic finthan, Old High German fintan to find]

'findable

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

find

O.E. findan "come upon, alight on" (class III strong verb; past tense fand, pp. funden), from P.Gmc. *finthanan (cf. O.S. findan, O.N. finna, M.Du. vinden, Ger. finden, Goth. finþan), originally "to come upon," perhaps from PIE *pent- "to go, pass, path, bridge" (cf. O.H.G. fendeo "pedestrian,"

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Skt. panthah "path, way," Avestan panta "way," Gk. pontos "open sea," L. pons (gen. pontis) "bridge," O.C.S. poti "path," peta "heel"). To find out to discover by scrutiny is from 1550s. The noun meaning "person or thing discovered" is from 1825, from the verb.

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Idioms & Phrases

find

In addition to the idioms beginning with find, also see hard way (find out the).

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