Definitions for findfaɪnd

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

findfaɪnd(v.; n.)found, find•ing

(v.t.)to come upon by chance; meet with:
to find a dime in the street.
to locate, attain, or obtain by search or effort:
to find an apartment.
to recover (something lost).
to discover or perceive after consideration:
to find something to be true.
to gain or regain the use of:
to find one's tongue.
to ascertain by study or calculation.
to feel; perceive:
He finds sorrow in the tale.
to become aware of (oneself), as being in a certain condition or place.
to discover.
to encounter (a particular response):
I hope this finds favor with you.
to determine after judicial inquiry: to pronounce as an official act (an indictment, verdict, or judgment).
to find a person guilty.
Category: Law
(v.i.)to determine an issue after judicial inquiry:
The jury found for the plaintiff.
Category: Law
find out, to discover, expose, or confirm. to uncover and expose the true nature of (someone):
You will be found out if you lie.
Category: Verb Phrase
(n.)an act of finding or discovering.
something found, esp. a valuable or gratifying discovery.

Idioms for find:

find oneself,to discover and pursue one's genuine interests and talents.
Category: Idiom

Origin of find:

bef. 900; ME; OE findan; c. OS findan, ON finna, Go finthan

Princeton's WordNet

discovery, breakthrough, find(noun)
a productive insight
discovery, find, uncovering(verb)
the act of discovering something
find, happen, chance, bump, encounter(verb)
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"
detect, observe, find, discover, notice(verb)
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"
find, regain(verb)
come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
"Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"
determine, find, find out, ascertain(verb)
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"
find, feel(verb)
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"
witness, find, see(verb)
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"
line up, get hold, come up, find(verb)
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"
discover, find(verb)
make a discovery, make a new finding
"Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
discover, find(verb)
make a discovery
"She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
find(verb)
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"
rule, find(verb)
decide on and make a declaration about
"find someone guilty"
receive, get, find, obtain, incur(verb)
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"
find(verb)
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"
recover, retrieve, find, regain(verb)
get or find back; recover the use of
"She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
find(verb)
succeed in reaching; arrive at
"The arrow found its mark"
find oneself, find(verb)
accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
"My son went to Berkeley to find himself"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

find(verb)ɪnd
to discover sth you are looking for
Did you find your keys?; I'm hoping to find someone to clean my house.
findɪnd
to notice or see unexpectedly
We found a beautiful old church while we were walking around.; I found her sitting on the front porch.
findɪnd
to judge in a particular way
I find her rude and ignorant.; How did you find the food at the hotel?
findɪnd
to judge guilty or not guilty in a law court
She was found guilty of murder.
findɪnd
to be able to do sth in a particular way
He finds talking about it difficult.; I find swimming really easy.

Wiktionary

find(Noun)
Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
find(Noun)
The act of finding.
find(Verb)
To encounter, to discover something searched for.
find(Verb)
To point out.
He kept finding faults with my work.
find(Verb)
To decide that, to form the opinion that.
I find your argument unsatisfactory.
find(Verb)
To determine or judge.
The jury finds for the defendant.

Origin: From findan, from finþanan (compare Dutch vinden, German finden, Swedish finna), a secondary verb from pontHo- (compare Old Irish étain 'I find', áitt 'place', Latin pons 'bridge', Ancient Greek póntos 'sea', Old Armenian հուն, Avestan panta (gen. paþō), Sanskrit pánthās 'path').

Webster Dictionary

Find(verb)
to meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person
Find(verb)
to learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel
Find(verb)
to come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost
Find(verb)
to discover by sounding; as, to find bottom
Find(verb)
to discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance
Find(verb)
to gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means
Find(verb)
to attain to; to arrive at; to acquire
Find(verb)
to provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money
Find(verb)
to arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person
Find(verb)
to determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff
Find(noun)
anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archaeologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin