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[ UK /fˈa‍ɪnd/ ]
[ US /ˈfaɪnd/ ]
VERB
  1. make a discovery
    The story is false, so far as I can discover
    She found that he had lied to her
  2. come upon, as if by accident; meet with
    I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here
    We find this idea in Plato
    She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day
  3. accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
    My son went to Berkeley to find himself
  4. get or find back; recover the use of
    She regained control of herself
    She found her voice and replied quickly
  5. succeed in reaching; arrive at
    The arrow found its mark
  6. come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
    I cannot find my gloves!
    Did you find your glasses?
  7. come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
    I found the movie rather entertaining
    I feel that he doesn't like me
    I find him to be obnoxious
  8. 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
  9. decide on and make a declaration about
    find someone guilty
  10. 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
  11. receive a specified treatment (abstract)
    I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
    These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
    His movie received a good review
  12. 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
  13. make a discovery, make a new finding
    Roentgen discovered X-rays
    Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle
  14. perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
    When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room
    I found myself in a difficult situation
  15. perceive or be contemporaneous with
    We found Republicans winning the offices
    I want to see results
    The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions
    You'll see a lot of cheating in this school
  16. 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
NOUN
  1. the act of discovering something
  2. a productive insight

How To Use find In A Sentence

  • I can't find any relevant material on him in the library.
  • You would be hard pressed to find a young captain or major who hadn't flown combat sorties in the area of operations.
  • This contact of his had passed on to him a list of slightly disreputable jewelers and watchmakers in the area, on which I was rather impressed and a bit taken aback to find my appearance.
  • Note that you'll be able to find the demonstration projects themselves as open-source projects on the companion site to the column (see Resources).
  • I have to find grass and bring it up to them, otherwise they'll die. Times, Sunday Times
  • What do a few lives matter now if we can find new, unpolluted territories and new ways to survive? THE ANCIENT AND SOLITARY REIGN
  • Consumers get incredibly upset when dieticians and researchers backtrack on previous findings, proclaiming that products once deemed healthy are now in question.
  • Let's find out what's coming up in a few minutes on "PAULA ZAHN NOW" -- Paula. CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2006
  • This was just a few years after Lord Byron woke to find Child Harold's Pilgrimage in the bookshops and himself famous, as it were, overnight.
  • The thing is, a lot of people find a motor home vacation more enjoyable.
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