Definitions for find
find
find
Spelling: [fahynd]
IPA: /faɪnd/
Find is a 4 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 28 anagrams from letters in find (dfin).
Definitions for find
noun
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an act of finding or discovering.
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something found; a discovery, especially a valuable or gratifying one:
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Hunting. a discovery of game, especially foxes.
Idioms
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find fault. fault (def 16).
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find oneself, to discover where one's real interests or talents lie, and follow them:
Verb phrases
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find out,
to discover or confirm the truth of (something).
to detect or expose, as a crime or offense.
to uncover the true nature, identity, or intentions of (someone):
verb (used with object)
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to come upon by chance; meet with:
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to locate, attain, or obtain by search or effort:
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to locate or recover (something lost or misplaced):
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to discover or perceive after consideration:
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to gain or regain the use of:
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to ascertain by study or calculation:
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to feel or perceive:
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to become aware of, or discover (oneself), as being in a condition or location:
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to discover:
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Law.
to determine after judicial inquiry:
to pronounce as an official act (an indictment, verdict, or judgment).
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to provide or furnish:
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South Midland and Southern U.S. (of farm animals) to give birth to:
verb (used without object)
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to determine an issue after judicial inquiry:
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British Hunting. to come upon game.
Origin of find
before 900; Middle English finden, Old English findan; cognate with German finden, Dutch vinden, Old Norse finna, Gothic finthan
Examples for find
When you return, you will find a trifling token of remembrance for yourself and Philothea.
With Ebola still raging in West Africa, the race to find a vaccine is heating up.
From what we had heard, we expected to find you in the city.
In the garden of Anaxagoras, you will find a statue of Pallas, carved from an olive-tree.
He never could find out what was "going on" to bring so many folks into town.
In the end, I find it never fails to modernize even the most dramatic things.
But as you get older, I find I get more tunes and I have to work harder at the words.
I still do find it a tremendously useful device to invent a character and have the character sing the song.
What criticisms of last season did you find helpful, and not so helpful?
But am I so fortunate as to find you willing to return with me?