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find

/faind/
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The English word "find" is a versatile verb and noun that generally means to discover something or to come upon something after searching. Here’s an easy-to-understand explanation with various aspects of the word:

Basic Definition:
  • Find (verb): To discover or locate something that was lost or hidden.
  • Find (noun): The act of discovering something; a discovery or insight.
Usage Instructions:
  • As a verb, "find" is often followed by a noun or pronoun, indicating what is being discovered. For example: "I found my keys."
  • As a noun, it’s usually used to describe the result of a discovery: "That was a great find at the thrift store!"
Examples:
  • Verb: "She found her lost wallet under the couch."
  • Noun: "His discovery of the ancient ruins was an incredible find."
Advanced Usage:
  • "Find" can also be used in more complex contexts, such as in phrases like "to find oneself," which means to discover one's identity or purpose. For example: "After traveling for a year, he went to India to find himself."
Different Meanings:
  1. Discovering something: "I found a great restaurant downtown."
  2. Realizing or perceiving: "I find his attitude quite annoying."
  3. Recovering something: "She found her voice after the speech."
Word Variants:
  • Finder (noun): Someone who finds something.
  • Found (verb): The past tense of "find."
Synonyms:
  • Discover
  • Locate
  • Uncover
  • Detect
  • Identify
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs:
  • Find out: To discover information.
    • Example: "I need to find out what time the meeting starts."
  • Find oneself: To discover your true self or purpose.
    • Example: "After college, she traveled to Europe to find herself."
  • Find common ground: To discover shared interests or opinions.
    • Example: "We need to find common ground to resolve this issue."
Summary:

The word "find" is all about discovery, whether it’s a physical object, insight, or self-awareness. It is used in everyday conversation and has many forms and meanings.

Noun
  1. the act of discovering something
  2. a productive insight
Verb
  1. accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
    • My son went to Berkeley to find himself
  2. succeed in reaching; arrive at
    • The arrow found its mark
  3. get or find back; recover the use of
    • She regained control of herself
    • She found her voice and replied quickly
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. decide on and make a declaration about
    • find someone guilty
  7. 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
  8. make a discovery
    • She found that he had lied to her
    • The story is false, so far as I can discover
  9. make a discovery, make a new finding
    • Roentgen discovered X-rays
    • Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle
  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. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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. 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
  16. 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

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