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. Phrasal Verb: 1. The act of finding. 2. Something that is found, especially an unexpectedly valuable discovery: The Rosetta stone was a providential archaeological find. find out 1. 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" espial, spotting, catching, detection, spying - the act of detecting something; catching sight of something self-discovery - discovering your own individuality breakthrough - making an important discovery determination, finding - the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation; "the determination of molecular structures" rediscovery - the act of discovering again | |
| 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" | |
| 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" chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, attain, discover, strike - find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake" 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) count, numerate, enumerate, number - determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" 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 | |
| 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" | |
| 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" get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, discover, find out, pick up, see - get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted" catch - become aware of; "he caught her staring out the window" experience, go through, see - go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" 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" | |
| 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" conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize, gestate - have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived" | |
| 9. | find - make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover" get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, discover, find out, pick up, see - get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted" 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" | |
| 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" | |
| 11. | find - decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty" | |
| 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" | |
| 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" | |
| 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 | |
| 15. | find - succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrow found its mark" | |
| 16. | find - accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself" |
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
find someone out detect, catch, unmask, rumble Brit. (informal) reveal, expose, disclose, uncover, suss (out) (slang) bring to light
Translations
find [faɪnd] vt [pt found, pp ] [faund] (gen) → encontrar, hallar (= come upon); descubrir
n → hallazgo; descubrimiento;
vi to find out about → enterarse de
find [faɪnd] vt [found , pt , pp ] [faund] → trouver [+ lost object]; retrouver
n → trouvaille f, découverte f;
vi to find out about (= make enquiries) → se renseigner sur;
(by chance) → apprendre
find [faɪnd] [found , pt, pp ] vt → finden;
(discover) → entdecken
n → Fund m;
to find (some) difficulty in doing sth → (einige) Schwierigkeiten haben, etw zu tun
find out find vt → herausfinden;
(person) → erwischen
find [faɪnd] vt [pt found, pp ] [faund] → trovare [+ lost object]; ritrovare
to find (some) difficulty in doing sth → trovare delle difficoltà nel fare qc;
vi to find out about → informarsi su;
v find [faind]
1 to come upon or meet with accidentally or after searching Look what I've found! gevind يَجِدُ намирам najít finde finden βρίσκω τυχαία encontrar, hallar leidma پیدا کردن löytää trouver לִמצוֹא पाना naići na, pronaći (meg)talál menemukan finna trovare 見つける 우연히 눈에 띄다, 발견하다, 찾다 rasti atrast menjumpai vinden finne, oppdage znajdować encontrar a găsi находить nájsť najti pronaći finna, hitta พบ (โดยบังเอิญ) bulmak 找到 (з)находити تشاش کے بعد کچھ پانا tìm thấy; thấy; bắt được 找到
2 to discover I found that I couldn't do the work. uitvind يَكْتَشِف откривам přijít na, zjistit finde; finde ud af feststellen ανακαλύπτω, διαπιστώνω descubrir avastama, märkama دریافتن huomata découvrir לְגָלוֹת अनुभव करना otkriti, zakljuciti rájön menyadari uppgötva scoprire 気付く (어떤 사실을) 알게 되다 įsitikinti, suprasti pārliecināties; atklāt mendapati ontdekken finne ut, oppdage odkryć descobrir a-şi da seama, a descoperi обнаруживать zistiť ugotoviti otkriti komma på, upptäcka ค้นพบ anlamak 發現 виявляти; переконуватися اتفاقا پانا nhận thấy; thấy 发现
3 to consider; to think (something) to be I found the British weather very cold. vind; gevind يَعْتَقِد، يَعْتَبِر струва ми се, че shledat finde finden θεωρώ encontrar, parecer leidma فهمیدن pitää jonakin trouver לְגָלוֹת महसूस करना misliti, smatrati vmilyennek talál berpikir finnast, þykja trovare 知る 생각하다, 여기다 manyti, pasirodyti uzskatīt fikir vinden finne (ut), synes uważać, stwierdzać achar a găsi (că) считать považovať ugotoviti misliti anse, tycka คิดว่า düşünmek 認為 приходити до висновку محسوس کرنا cho rằng; coi 认为
n
something found, especially something of value or interest That old book is quite a find! vonds إكْتِشاف، لُقْيَه، لُقْطَه находка objev fund der Fund εύρημα hallazgo leid کشف löytö trouvaille מִמצָא, תַגלִית खोज nalaz, otkriće felfedezés penemuan fundur; uppgötvun scoperta, ritrovamento 掘出し物 (대단한) 발견물 radinys, atradimas atradums; atklājums penemuan vondst funn odkrycie achado descoperire находка objav najdba otkriće fynd, upptäckt สิ่งของหรือคนที่มีคุณค่าที่ได้ค้นพบ buluş, bulgu, keşif 重要的發現 (з)нахідка; відкриття اہم شے یا شخص کا ملنا vật tìm thấy, nhất là vật có giá trị hoặc dễ chịu 重要的发现
find one's feet
to become able to cope with a new situation She found the new job difficult at first but she soon found her feet. voete vind يَسْتَطيع أن يَتَعامَل مَع المَوقِف стягам се uchytit se, dostat se do toho finde sine ben; finde sig til rette wissen, was zu tun ist στέκομαι στα πόδια μου, προσαρμόζομαι acostumbrarse olukorraga harjuma وفق دادن tottua (s')adapter לְהִתרָגֵל לָלֶכֶת לְבָד नई स्थिति से निबटने में सक्षम होना osamostaliti se, uvesti se u posao talpra áll mengatasi átta sig, aðlaga sig ambientarsi 一人前になる 새로운 환경에 잘 적응하다 atsistoti ant kojų, prisitaikyti nostāties uz kājām; kļūt patstāvīgam boleh berdikari zich thuis voelen finne seg til rette pozbierać się, stanąć pewnie na nogach controlar a situação a (se) adapta освоиться dostať sa do toho prilagoditi se stati na noge finna sig till rätta, bli varm i kläderna สามารถจัดการกับสถานการณ์ใหม่ ๆ ได้ yeni duruma/çevreye alışmak 适應 набити руку نۓ حالات کا سامنا کرنے کی قابلیت tự lực được 能独立行动
find out
1 to discover I found out what was troubling her. uitvind يَكْتَشِف разбирам zjistit finde ud af herausfinden ανακαλύπτω, εξακριβώνω descubrir, averiguar teada saama پی بردن saada selville découvrir לְגָלוֹת पता लगाना, जानना otkriti, raspitati se felfedez, rájön menemukan finna út, komast að scoprire 発見する 알아내다 sužinoti atklāt; izdibināt menemui ontdekken finne ut, oppdage odkrywać descobrir a descoperi выяснять objaviť odkriti otkriti komma underfund med, upptäcka ค้นพบ keşfetmek 找出 зрозуміти ڈھونڈ نکالنا khám phá; phát hiện 找出
2 to discover the truth (about someone), usually that he has done wrong He had been stealing for years, but eventually they found him out. uitgevang يَكْتَشِف разкривам přistihnout, vypátrat afsløre herausbekommen αποκαλύπτω enterarse avastama دست کسی برملا شدن paljastaa démasquer לְגָלות אֶת הָאֶמֶת सच्चाई का पता लगाना otkriti, prozreti kiderít mengetahui kenyataan fletta ofan af e-m, koma upp um scoprire 見破る 사실[]을 밝히다 išaiškinti uzzināt (patiesību) mengetahui kenyataan betrappen finne ut, gjennomskue przyłapać descobrir/desmascarar a demasca уличать pristihnúť odkriti otkriti istinu uppdaga, ertappa หาความจริง enselemek, yakalamak 揭發 дізнатися کسی کی سچائی کا پتا چلنا phát hiện ai đã làm sai, nói dối 揭发
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