find
/faind/
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Definition
Noun:
- The act of discovering something: "Find" can refer to the action of discovering or locating something.
- Something discovered: "Find" can also refer to a valuable or interesting discovery.
Verb:
- To discover or locate: The primary meaning is to discover something by searching or by chance.
- To perceive or become aware of: To come to a realization or judgment about something.
- To obtain or receive: To get or acquire something, often through effort.
- To determine or ascertain: To establish something through investigation or calculation.
- To consider or regard: To have a particular opinion or feeling about something.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- The archaeologist made a significant find. (The archaeologist made a significant discovery.)
- This little shop is a real find. (This little shop is a real valuable discovery.)
Verb:
- I can't find my keys. (I am unable to locate my keys.)
- Did you find the answer to the question? (Did you discover the answer to the question?)
- I find his behavior unacceptable. (I consider his behavior unacceptable.)
- The jury found the defendant guilty. (The jury determined the defendant was guilty.)
- She found the courage to speak. (She obtained the courage to speak.)
Advanced Usage
"to find oneself": To discover one's true personality, desires, or abilities.
- After traveling, he needed time to find himself. (After traveling, he needed time to discover his true self.)
"to find expression in": To be shown or manifested in a particular way.
- Her creativity finds expression in painting. (Her creativity is shown through painting.)
"to find one's feet": To become confident or competent in a new situation.
- It took her a few months to find her feet in the new job. (It took her a few months to become confident in the new job.)
Variants and Related Words
Finding (n): A conclusion reached after inquiry; a discovery.
- The committee published its findings. (The committee published its conclusions.)
Finder (n): A person or device that finds something.
- The viewfinder on a camera helps the photographer. (The viewfinder on a camera helps the photographer.)
Synonyms
- Discover: To find something unexpectedly or during a search.
- Locate: To find the exact position of something.
- Determine: To ascertain or establish exactly.
- Consider: To think carefully about; to regard in a specified way.
Related Phrasal Verbs
Find out: To discover a fact or piece of information.
- I need to find out when the train leaves. (I need to discover when the train leaves.)
Find against (someone): (Legal) To give a judgment against a person in court.
- The court found against the company. (The court gave a judgment against the company.)
Find for (someone): (Legal) To give a judgment in favor of a person in court.
- The judge found for the plaintiff. (The judge gave a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.)
Related Idioms
Find it in one's heart (to do something): To be able or willing to do something, often something requiring compassion.
- Can you find it in your heart to forgive him? (Can you be willing to forgive him?)
Find fault with: To criticize or complain about (someone or something).
- He's always finding fault with my work. (He's always criticizing my work.)
Find common ground: To find a shared interest or basis for agreement.
- Despite their differences, they found common ground. (Despite their differences, they found a shared basis for agreement.)
Noun
- the act of discovering something
- a productive insight
Verb
- accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
- My son went to Berkeley to find himself
- succeed in reaching; arrive at
- The arrow found its mark
- get or find back; recover the use of
- She regained control of herself
- She found her voice and replied quickly
- 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
- 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
- decide on and make a declaration about
- find someone guilty
- 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
- make a discovery
- She found that he had lied to her
- The story is false, so far as I can discover
- make a discovery, make a new finding
- Roentgen discovered X-rays
- Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
- Did you find your glasses?
- I cannot find my gloves!
- 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
- 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