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[fahynd] Pronunciation Key verb, found, find·ing, noun
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[fahynd] Pronunciation Key verb, found, find·ing, noun –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–noun
—Verb phrase
—Idioms
| 1. | to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street. |
| 2. | to locate, attain, or obtain by search or effort: to find an apartment; to find happiness. |
| 3. | to locate or recover (something lost or misplaced): I can't find my blue socks. |
| 4. | to discover or perceive after consideration: to find something to be true. |
| 5. | to gain or regain the use of: His anger finally helped him find his tongue. |
| 6. | to ascertain by study or calculation: to find the sum of several numbers. |
| 7. | to feel or perceive: He finds it so. |
| 8. | 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. |
| 9. | to discover: Columbus found America in 1492. |
| 10. | Law.
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| 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. |
| 13. | to determine an issue after judicial inquiry: The jury found for the plaintiff. |
| 14. | British Hunting. to come upon game. |
| 15. | an act of finding or discovering. |
| 16. | something found; a discovery, esp. a valuable or gratifying one: Our cook was a find. |
| 17. | Hunting. a discovery of game, esp. foxes. |
| 18. | find out,
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| 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: bef. 900; ME finden, OE findan; c. G finden, D vinden, ON finna, Goth finthan]
] —Related forms
find·a·ble, adjective
—Synonyms 2. achieve, win, earn, acquire.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| find
(fīnd) Pronunciation Key
v. found (found), find·ing, finds v. tr.
v. intr. To come to a legal decision or verdict: The jury found for the defendant. n.
Phrasal Verb(s): find out
[Middle English finden, from Old English findan; see pent- in Indo-European roots.] find'a·ble adj. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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," Skt. panthah "path, way," Avestan panta "way," Gk. pontos "open sea," L. pons (gen. pontis) "bridge," O.C.S. poti "path," peta "heel"). The noun meaning "person or thing discovered" is from 1890.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| find | |
noun | |
| 1. | a productive insight [syn: discovery] |
| 2. | the act of discovering something [syn: discovery] |
verb | |
| 1. | come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" |
| 2. | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint" [syn: detect] |
| 3. | come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!" [ant: lose] |
| 4. | establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" [syn: determine] |
| 5. | come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining" |
| 6. | perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results" [syn: witness] |
| 7. | get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter" [syn: line up] |
| 8. | make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle" [syn: discover] |
| 9. | make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover" [syn: discover] |
| 10. | obtain through effort or management; "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college" |
| 11. | decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty" [syn: rule] |
| 12. | receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn: receive] |
| 13. | perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place; "I found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room" |
| 14. | get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" [syn: recover] |
| 15. | succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrow found its mark" |
| 16. | accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself" [syn: find oneself] |
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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This
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In addition to the idioms beginning with find, also see hard way (find out the).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: find
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: found; find·ing
transitive verb 1 : to come upon accidentally or through effort <found a valuable antique in the old desk> <found a buyer for the property>
2 : to make a judicial determination regarding <found the testimony not credible> <found the defendant guilty> —compare DECIDE, HOLD intransitive verb : to make a judicial determinationfound in favor of the plaintiff>
Main Entry: find
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: found; find·ing
transitive verb 1 : to come upon accidentally or through effort <found a valuable antique in the old desk> <found a buyer for the property>
2 : to make a judicial determination regarding <found the testimony not credible> <found the defendant guilty> —compare DECIDE, HOLD intransitive verb : to make a judicial determination
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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Find\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Found; p. pr. & vb. n. Finding.] [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS. & OHG. findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna, Goth. fin?an; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. ? to fall, Skr. pat to fall, fly, E. petition.]1. To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person. Searching the window for a flint, I found This paper, thus sealed up. --Shak. In woods and forests thou art found. --Cowley. 2. To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel. "I find you passing gentle." --Shak. The torrid zone is now found habitable. --Cowley. 3. To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost. (a) To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom. (b) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance. (c) To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means. (d) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire. Seek, and ye shall find. --Matt. vii. 7. Every mountain now hath found a tongue. --Byron. 4. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money. Wages [pounds]14 and all found. --London Times. Nothing a day and find yourself. --Dickens. 5. To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person. To find his title with some shows of truth. --Shak. To find out, to detect (a thief); to discover (a secret) -- to solve or unriddle (a parable or enigma); to understand. "Canst thou by searching find out God?" --Job. xi. 7. "We do hope to find out all your tricks." --Milton. To find fault with, to blame; to censure. To find one's self, to be; to fare; -- often used in speaking of health; as, how do you find yourself this morning?
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Find\, v. i. (Law) To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff. --Burrill.
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Find\, n. Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by arch[ae]ologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.
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