find

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To locate
2. (transitive) To locate
3. (ditransitive) To locate
4. (ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment directed to an object or end.
5. (transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
6. (transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
7. (transitive) To meet with; to receive.
8. (transitive) To point out.
9. (ditransitive) To decide that, to conclude that, to form the opinion that, to consider.
10. (transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
11. (archaic, transitive) To supply; to furnish.
12. (archaic, transitive) To provide for
13. (intransitive) To determine or judge.
14. (transitive) To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.
15. (intransitive) To discover game.

Noun

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

Synonyms

discover

get

encounter

meet

discovery

detect

see

👀

come across

obtain

locate

catch

notice

pick up

determine

perceive

look for

spot

recover

strike

attain

find out

come upon

reach

gain

observe

score

hit

run across

consider

receive

finding

seek

🔍

run up against

search for

ascertain

acquire

arrive

uncover

come up

discern

achieve

search

unearth

regain

gather

uncovering

invent

dig up

deem

feel

Translations

trouver

🔍

encontrar

trovare

🔍

achar

🔍

finden

🔍

vinden

🔍

hallar

encontrar

βρίσκω

scoprire

descubrir

trobar

🔍

Fund

descobrir

treffen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/faɪnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: finden

Inherited from Old English: findan

Cognate with Western Frisian: fine

Cognate with Low German: finden

Cognate with Dutch: vinden

Cognate with German: finden

Cognate with Danish: finde

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: finne

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: -

Cognate with Swedish: finna

Cognate with English: path

Cognate with Old Irish: étain

Cognate with Latin: pōns

Cognate with Ancient Greek: πόντος

Cognate with Classical Armenian: հուն

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬃

Cognate with Sanskrit: पथ

In summary

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 development compare Proto-Slavic *najьti > Russian найти́ (najtí), akin to Proto-Slavic *jьti > идти́ (idtí); Russian находи́ть (naxodítʹ), нахо́дка (naxódka), akin to ход (xod), ходи́ть (xodítʹ).

Sentences

Did you find it ?

Can you find me The Source Family novel ?

I have to find a man who knows that universal language .

At the same time , they cannot find an exact definition of what a feeling is .

In order to find the treasure , you will have to follow the omens .

That's why I feel that I deserve a part of what you find .