find

English

Etymology

From Old English findan, from Proto-Germanic *finþanan (compare Dutch vinden, German finden, Swedish finna), a secondary verb from Proto-Indo-European *pontHo- (compare Old Irish étain 'I find', áitt 'place', Latin pōns 'bridge', Ancient Greek póntos 'sea', Old Armenian հուն (hun, “ford”), Avestan pantā (gen. paþō), Sanskrit pánthās 'path').

Pronunciation

• enPR: fīnd, IPA: /faɪnd/, SAMPA: /faInd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪnd
• Homophone: fined

Verb

"Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus", a painting by John William Waterhouse

find (third-person singular simple present finds, present participle finding, simple past found or fand (dialectal), past participle found or (archaic) founden)

1. (transitive) To encounter, to discover something searched for.

   Project Gutenberg finds that Find is the 190th most important word in the English language.

   I found my car keys -- they were under the couch.

   • 2011 January 25, Paul Fletcher, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Ipswich (agg 3 - 1)”, BBC:

     Van Persie scored a hat-trick against Wigan on Saturday and should have found the net again after Bendtner found him at the far post but the Dutchman's header rebounded to safety off the crossbar.

2. (transitive) To point out.

   He kept finding faults with my work.

3. (transitive) To decide that, to form the opinion that.

   I find your argument unsatisfactory.

4. (transitive) To determine or judge.

   The jury finds for the defendant.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:deem

Antonyms

• lose

Derived terms

See also finding and found

• find fault
• find one's feet
• find out

Translations

encounter, locate, discover

Arabic: وجد (ar) (wájada) Armenian: գտնել (hy) (gtnel) Azeri: bulmaq (az) Basque: aurkitu (eu), topatu (eu) Breton: kavout (br) Chinese: Mandarin: 找到 (zh) (zhǎodào) Crimean Tatar: tapmaq Czech: nalézt (cs), najít (cs) Danish: finde (da), træffe (da) Dutch: vinden (nl), aantreffen (nl) Egyptian: gm Esperanto: trovi (eo) Estonian: leidma (et) Finnish: löytää (fi) French: trouver (fr) Georgian: მიგნება (migneba) German: finden (de) Greek: βρίσκω (el) (vrísko) Hebrew: מצא (he) (matzá) Hindi: पाना (hi) (pānā) Icelandic: finna (is) Interlingua: trovar (ia)

Irish: faigh (ga) Italian: trovare (it) Japanese: 見つける (ja) (みつける, mitsukeru) (見附る (ja)) Kurdish: دیتنه‌وه‌, دۆزینه‌وه‌ Latin: invenīre (la), nanciscor (la) Latvian: atrast (lv) Lithuanian: surasti (lt) Mongolian: олох (mn) Norwegian: finne (no) Persian: یافتن (fa) (yâftan), پیدا کردن (fa) (peydâ kardan) Polish: znajdować (pl) Portuguese: achar (pt), encontrar (pt) Romanian: găsi (ro) Russian: находить (ru) (naxodít’) impf., найти (ru) (najtí) pf. Scots: fin Scottish Gaelic: faigh (gd), lorg (gd), amais (gd) Serbo-Croatian: naći (sh) Slovene: najti (sl) Spanish: encontrar (es), hallar (es) Swedish: finna (sv), hitta (sv), uppdaga (sv), upptäcka (sv), utröna (sv) Turkish: bulmak (tr) Volapük: tuvön (vo)

point out

Czech: objevit (cs), nalézt (cs) Danish: finde (da), udpege (da) Dutch: vinden (nl), ontdekken (nl) Finnish: osoittaa (fi) Hebrew: הצביע (he) (hitzbía) Japanese: 指摘する (ja) (してきする, shiteki-suru)

Latin: designare (la) Norwegian: finne (no) Persian: نمایاندن (fa) (namâyândan) Portuguese: achar (pt), encontrar (pt) Russian: выискивать (ru) (vyískivat’) impf. Swedish: finna (sv), hitta (sv)

decide that

Armenian: գտնել (hy) (gtnel) Czech: pokládat za (cs) Danish: finde (da) Dutch: vinden (nl), van mening zijn dat Finnish: pitää (fi) Hebrew: מצא (he) (matzá)

Latin: decernere (la) Norwegian: finne (no) Portuguese: achar (pt) Russian: находить (ru) (naxodít’) impf., найти (ru) (najtí) pf. Swedish: finna (sv), konstatera (sv)

determine, judge

Armenian: գտնել (hy) (gtnel) Danish: dømme (da) Dutch: achten (nl) Esperanto: juĝi (eo) Estonian: leidma (et) Japanese: 評決する (ひょうけつする, hyōketsu-suru)

Latin: arbitrare (la), arbitror (la) Norwegian: finne (no) Russian: находить (ru) (naxodít') impf., найти (ru) (najtí) pf. Spanish: determinar (es), juzgar (es) Swedish: finna (sv), konstatera (sv)

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Faroese: koma framá (1,3), gera vart við, taka fram (2), gera av (4), halda at vera (5), døma (6, 7) Ido: trovar Indonesian: temu, menemukan, menemui

Noun

find (plural finds)

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

Synonyms

• (anything found): discovery, catch

Translations

anything found

Danish: fund (da) c. Dutch: vondst (nl) f. Esperanto: trovaĵo, trovitaĵo Finnish: löytö (fi) French: trouvaille (fr) f. Hebrew: מציאה (he) f. Icelandic: fundur (is) m. Italian: scoperta (it) f.

Latin: inventus (la) m. Norwegian: funn (no) n. Polish: znalezisko n. Romanian: descoperire (ro) f. Russian: находка (ru) (naxódka) f. Spanish: hallazgo (es) m. Swedish: fynd (sv) n.

act of finding

Hebrew: מציאה (he) f. Norwegian: funn (no) n.

Taos: thǫ́ne Thai: หา (th)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: Lord · de · whole · #190: find · got · let · world

External links

• find in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• find in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fend/, [fenˀ]

Verb

find

1. imperative of finde