find

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To discover or get something after searching or by chance.

   I found this beautiful shell on the beach.

2. 2
   verb

   To learn or work out something through study, thought, or experience.

   Scientists found that the water was polluted.

3. 3
   verb

   To have a particular opinion or feeling about something.

   I find this book really interesting.

4. 4
   verb

   To officially decide and declare a verdict in a court.

   The jury found him guilty of theft.

Common collocations

• find a boyfriend Verb + noun
• find a job Verb + noun
• find a place Verb + noun
• find information Verb + noun
• find the answer Verb + noun
• find a girlfriend Verb + noun
• find a husband Verb + noun
• find an apartment Verb + noun
• find work Verb + noun
• find out Verb + preposition/particle
• find a fix Verb + noun
• find a reason Verb + noun

From Middle English finden, from Old English findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, a secondary verb from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path bridge”). See also West Frisian fine, Low German finden, Dutch vinden, German finden, Danish finde, Norwegian Bokmål finne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish finna; also English path, Old Irish étain (“I find”), áitt (“place”), Latin pōns (“bridge”), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos, “sea”), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “ford”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬃 (paṇtā̊), Sanskrit पथ (pathá, “path”), Proto-Slavic *pǫtь. For the meaning develop…

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