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verb (used with object)
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.
EXPANDto 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.
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to feel or perceive: He finds it so.
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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.
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to discover: Columbus found America in 1492.
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Law.
a.
to determine after judicial inquiry: to find a person guilty.
b.
to pronounce as an official act (an indictment, verdict, or judgment).
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to provide or furnish: Bring blankets and we'll find the rest of the equipment for the trip.
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COLLAPSESouth Midland and Southern U.S. (of farm animals) to give birth to: The brown cow found a calf yesterday.
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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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
noun
Verb phrase15.
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.
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Idioms19.
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
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.
2. achieve, win, earn, acquire.
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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,"
EXPANDSkt. 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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