find (f nd)v. found (found), find·ing, finds v.tr.1. To come upon, often by accident; meet with. 2. To come upon or discover by searching or making an effort: found the leak in the pipe. 3. To discover or ascertain through observation, experience, or study: found a solution; find the product of two numbers; found that it didn't really matter. 4. a. To perceive to be, after experience or consideration: found the gadget surprisingly useful; found the book entertaining. b. To experience or feel: found comfort in her smile. 5. To recover (something lost): found her keys. 6. To recover the use of; regain: found my voice and replied. 7. To succeed in reaching; arrive at: The dart found its mark. 8. To obtain or acquire by effort: found the money by economizing. 9. To decide on and make a declaration about: The jury deliberated and found a verdict of guilty. All the jurors found him guilty. 10. To furnish; supply. 11. a. To bring (oneself) to an awareness of what one truly wishes to be and do in life. b. To perceive (oneself) to be in a specific place or condition: found herself at home that night; found himself drawn to the stranger. v.intr. To come to a legal decision or verdict: The jury found for the defendant. n.1. The act of finding. 2. Something that is found, especially an unexpectedly valuable discovery: The Rosetta stone was a providential archaeological find. Phrasal Verb: find out1. To ascertain (something), as through examination or inquiry: I found out the phone number by looking it up. If you're not sure, find out. 2. To detect the true nature or character of; expose: Liars risk being found out. 3. To detect and apprehend; catch: Most embezzlers are found out in the end.
[Middle English finden, from Old English findan; see pent- in Indo-European roots.]
find a·ble adj. |
find Verb [finding, found] 1. to discover by chance 2. to discover by search or effort 3. to realize or become aware: I have found that if you make the effort then people will be more willing to help you 4. to consider (someone or something) to have a particular quality: his business partner had found that odd 5. to experience (a particular feeling): she found comfort in his words 6. Law to pronounce (the defendant) guilty or not guilty 7. to reach (a target) 8. to provide, esp. with difficulty: we'll find room for you too 9. find one's feet to become capable or confident Noun a person or thing that is found, esp. a valuable discovery: the archaeological find of the century [Old English findan]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  find - a productive insight | | 2. |  find - the act of discovering something tracing - the discovery and description of the course of development of something; "the tracing of genealogies" determination, finding - the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation; "the determination of molecular structures" | | Verb | 1. | find - 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. | find - 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"catch out, find out - trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act; "He was caught out"; "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks" discover, find - make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle" sense - detect some circumstance or entity automatically; "This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"; "particle detectors sense ionization" instantiate - find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word); "The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect" trace - discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth" see - observe as if with an eye; "The camera saw the burglary and recorded it" sight, spy - catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge" | | 3. | find - come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" find - 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" recover, regain, retrieve, find - get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" feel - find by testing or cautious exploration; "He felt his way around the dark room" locate, turn up - discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing" rout out, rout up - get or find by searching; "What did you rout out in the library?" lose - miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!" | | 4. | find - 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"gauge - determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation; "gauge the wine barrels" translate - determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA rectify - math: determine the length of; "rectify a curve" redetermine - fix, find, or establish again; "the physicists redetermined Planck's constant" sequence - determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the human genome" ascertain, find out, learn, watch, determine, see, check - find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time" refract - determine the refracting power of (a lens) discover, find - make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle" admeasure - determine the quantity of someone's share situate, locate - determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property" | | 5. | find - 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"conclude, reason, reason out - decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" rule, find - decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty" | | 6. | find - 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"catch - become aware of; "he caught her staring out the window" find - 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" | | 7. | find - 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"acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" | | 8. | find - make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"discover, find - make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover" ascertain, determine, find out, find - 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" detect, discover, notice, observe, find - 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" | | 9. | find - make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"rake up - bring to light; "He raked up the misdeeds of his predecessor" ferret out, ferret - search and discover through persistent investigation; "She ferreted out the truth" discover, find - make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle" | | 10. | find - 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"acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" regain, find - come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!" | | 11. | find - decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"feel, find - 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" | | 12. | find - 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"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" take - ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors" acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" | | 13. | find - 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"perceive, comprehend - to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" witness, see, find - 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" | | 14. | find - get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" access - obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer regain, find - come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!" | | 15. | find - succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrow found its mark"arrive at, reach, attain, gain, hit, make - reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" | | 16. | find - accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"maturate, mature, grow - develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast" |
find verb 1. discover, turn up, uncover, unearth, spot, expose, come up with, locate, detect, come across, track down, catch sight of, stumble upon, hit upon, espy, ferret out, chance upon, light upon, put your finger on, lay your hand on, run to ground, run to earth, descry << OPPOSITE lose verb 5. observe, learn, note, discover, notice, realize, remark, come up with, arrive at, perceive, detect, become aware, experience, ascertain  Translationsfind [faɪnd] [ found , pt, pp ] vt → finden; to find (some) difficulty in doing sth → (einige) Schwierigkeiten haben, etw zu tunfind out find vt → herausfinden; vi to find out about → etwas herausfinden über +acc; find [faɪnd] vt [ pt found, pp ] [faund] → trovare [+ lost object]; ritrovarevi to find out about → informarsi su;
findv find [faind]1 to come upon or meet with accidentally or after searching Look what I've found!gevindيَجِدُнамирамnajítfindefindenβρίσκω τυχαίαencontrar, hallarleidmaپیدا کردنlöytäätrouverלִמצוֹאपानाnaići na, pronaći(meg)találmenemukanfinnatrovare見つける우연히 눈에 띄다, 발견하다, 찾다rastiatrastmenjumpaivindenfinne, oppdageznajdowaćencontrara găsiнаходитьnájsťnajtipronaćifinna, hittaพบ (โดยบังเอิญ)bulmak找到(з)находитиتشاش کے بعد کچھ پاناtìm thấy; thấy; bắt được找到 2 to discover I found that I couldn't do the work.uitvindيَكْتَشِفоткривамpřijít na, zjistitfinde; finde ud affeststellenανακαλύπτω, διαπιστώνωdescubriravastama, märkamaدریافتنhuomatadécouvrirלְגָלוֹתअनुभव करनाotkriti, zakljucitirájönmenyadariuppgötvascoprire気付く(어떤 사실을) 알게 되다įsitikinti, suprastipārliecināties; atklātmendapationtdekkenfinne ut, oppdageodkryćdescobrira-şi da seama, a descoperiобнаруживатьzistiťugotovitiotkritikomma på, upptäckaค้นพบanlamak發現виявляти; переконуватисяاتفاقا پاناnhận thấy; thấy发现 3 to consider; to think (something) to be I found the British weather very cold.vind; gevindيَعْتَقِد، يَعْتَبِرструва ми се, чеshledatfindefindenθεωρώencontrar, parecerleidmaفهمیدنpitää jonakintrouverלְגָלוֹתमहसूस करनाmisliti, smatrativmilyennek találberpikirfinnast, þykjatrovare知る생각하다, 여기다manyti, pasirodytiuzskatītfikirvindenfinne (ut), synesuważać, stwierdzaćachara găsi (că)считатьpovažovaťugotovitimislitianse, tyckaคิดว่าdüşünmek認為приходити до висновкуمحسوس کرناcho rằng; coi认为 n something found, especially something of value or interest That old book is quite a find!vondsإكْتِشاف، لُقْيَه، لُقْطَهнаходкаobjevfundder Fundεύρημαhallazgoleidکشفlöytötrouvailleמִמצָא, תַגלִיתखोजnalaz, otkrićefelfedezéspenemuanfundur; uppgötvunscoperta, ritrovamento掘出し物(대단한) 발견물radinys, atradimasatradums; atklājumspenemuanvondstfunnodkrycieachadodescoperireнаходкаobjavnajdbaotkrićefynd, upptäcktสิ่งของหรือคนที่มีคุณค่าที่ได้ค้นพบbuluş, bulgu, keşif重要的發現(з)нахідка; відкриттяاہم شے یا شخص کا ملناvật tìm thấy, nhất là vật có giá trị hoặc dễ chịu重要的发现 find one's feetto become able to cope with a new situation She found the new job difficult at first but she soon found her feet.voete vindيَسْتَطيع أن يَتَعامَل مَع المَوقِفстягам сеuchytit se, dostat se do tohofinde sine ben; finde sig til rettewissen, was zu tun istστέκομαι στα πόδια μου, προσαρμόζομαιacostumbrarseolukorraga harjumaوفق دادنtottua(s')adapterלְהִתרָגֵל לָלֶכֶת לְבָדनई स्थिति से निबटने में सक्षम होनाosamostaliti se, uvesti se u posaotalpra állmengatasiátta sig, aðlaga sigambientarsi一人前になる새로운 환경에 잘 적응하다atsistoti ant kojų, prisitaikytinostāties uz kājām; kļūt patstāvīgamboleh berdikarizich thuis voelenfinne seg til rettepozbierać się, stanąć pewnie na nogachcontrolar a situaçãoa (se) adaptaосвоитьсяdostať sa do tohoprilagoditi sestati na nogefinna sig till rätta, bli varm i klädernaสามารถจัดการกับสถานการณ์ใหม่ ๆ ได้yeni duruma/çevreye alışmak适應набити рукуنۓ حالات کا سامنا کرنے کی قابلیتtự lực được能独立行动 find out2 to discover the truth (about someone), usually that he has done wrong He had been stealing for years, but eventually they found him out.uitgevangيَكْتَشِفразкривамpřistihnout, vypátratafsløreherausbekommenαποκαλύπτωenterarseavastamaدست کسی برملا شدنpaljastaadémasquerלְגָלות אֶת הָאֶמֶתसच्चाई का पता लगानाotkriti, prozretikiderítmengetahui kenyataanfletta ofan af e-m, koma upp umscoprire見破る사실[]을 밝히다išaiškintiuzzināt (patiesību)mengetahui kenyataanbetrappenfinne ut, gjennomskueprzyłapaćdescobrir/desmascarara demascaуличатьpristihnúťodkritiotkriti istinuuppdaga, ertappaหาความจริงenselemek, yakalamak揭發дізнатисяکسی کی سچائی کا پتا چلناphát hiện ai đã làm sai, nói dối揭发
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