find

Pronunciation: /ˈfɑjnd/

The English word “find” has 17 meanings listed here.

verb

To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
To locate on behalf of another.
To discover by study or experiment directed to an object or end.
To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
To meet with; to receive.
To point out.
To decide that, to conclude that, to form the opinion that, to consider.
To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
To supply; to furnish.
To provide for
To determine or judge.
To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.
To discover game.

noun

Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
The act of finding.

Etymology

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…

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