noun
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Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
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The act of finding.
verb
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To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
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To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
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I found my car keys. They were under the couch.
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(ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
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Water is found to be a compound substance.
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To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
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to find leisure; to find means
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To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
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Looks like he found a new vehicle for himself!
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To point out.
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He kept finding faults with my work.
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(ditransitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
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I find your argument unsatisfactory.
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To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
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to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person
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To supply; to furnish.
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to find food for workmen
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To provide for
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He finds his nephew in money.
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To determine or judge.
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The jury finds for the defendant.
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To discover game.
Examples of find in a Sentence
I think I shall find them helpful.
The enemy will find it out.
I find it hard to believe you wouldn't help him if you could.
Lisa glanced up to find Giddon watching them thoughtfully.
Her parents are very anxious indeed to find a teacher for her.
Where did you find him?
I'll send it off to find out.
You will find them useful.
And as with ignorance, we may already have much of the data we need to find solutions.
How did you know where to find me?
How in the world do the papers find out everything, I wonder.
Dulce watches you and tries to find things you do wrong.
Will you go with me and find Viney?
There you will find the adjutant on duty, said the official.
A man will not need to study history to find out what is best for his own culture.
I find they almost always answer.
I'll introduce you when I find her.
I find even the smallest child excellent company, and I am glad to say that children usually like me.
Even now I cannot find it in my heart to condemn them utterly.
He hurried to find the family of that civil servant in order to restore the daughter to her mother and go to save someone else.
I need to find her.
When she referred to our conversation again, it was to ask, "Why did not Jesus go away, so that His enemies could not find Him?"
You have to find the baby!
He did not even trouble to find out where Denisov had gone.
I have to find out about Annie.
If I can't today have this child so abruptly placed in police care, I shall drive down the road and find another.
The police were desperate to find her.
I have to find my brother.
My father will find us.
In the eradication of smallpox, as in the near-elimination of polio, I find both fascinating lessons of history and enormous reason for hope.
Why, I find it hard to understand them sometimes when they spell on their fingers.
Even those who seem for a long while not to have any, if you inquire more narrowly you will find have some stored in somebody's barn.
In the morning she opened her eyes to find Destiny's face only inches away from hers.
How could he find her?
As Jackson moved away, I heard him say to another officer, "Put a guard on him until we find out what happened."
I could find them.
First off; we can't have you or anyone near you making any attempt to find out anything about us.
Where can I find you, my next little friend?
I, for one, would like to find a secure place in a medium size town, with all of us living nearby.
Nor would most authorities offer any help in a search to find the source of their tips when they were forced to admit to them.
He told me where to find the outfit in his closet.
If this other maniac Bryce could find us, so can he.
This monster had managed to find Merrill Cooms, forcing us to acknowledge his abilities.
How do we find out if she's the LeBlanc's?
I told her when I returned from my preparations in the cabin I'd better find my little angle quiet or she could watch her mother die before her eyes.
She looked at the pictures on his walls, not surprised to find them bland.
Pushing the cabinet closed, she jumped to find the stranger so close.
Staying in the basement where the Other could find and kill him wasn't his top choice, but at least he was in the house.
She knew she needed to leave him but couldn't find it in her to abandon the only place she'd ever felt safe.
I'll find a way to protect you.