find

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English

Etymology

From Middle English finden, from Old English findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną (compare West Frisian fine, Low German finden, Dutch vinden, German finden, Danish finde, Norwegian Bokmål finne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish finna), a secondary verb from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path bridge”), whence *póntoh₁s (compare 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).

Pronunciation

• enPR: fīnd, IPA^(key): /faɪnd/
• Rhymes: -aɪnd
• 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.
   2. (transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
   3. (ditransitive) Locate on behalf of another

2. (ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.

3. (transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.

4. (transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.

5. (transitive) To meet with; to receive.
6. (transitive) To point out.

7. (ditransitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
8. (transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
9. (transitive, archaic) To supply; to furnish.

10. (transitive, archaic) To provide for
11. (intransitive, law) To determine or judge.

12. (transitive, ball sports) To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.
13. (intransitive, hunting) To discover game.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:deem

Antonyms

• lose

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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Synonyms

• (anything found): discovery, catch

Translations

Further reading

• “find”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “find”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fend/, [fenˀ]
• Rhymes: -end

Verb

find

1. imperative of finde

Middle English

Noun

find (plural findes)

1. Alternative form of feend