Definition/Meaning of find

• English - Verb: find ( third-person singular simple present finds , present participle finding , simple past found or ( dialectal ) fand , past participle found or ( archaic ) founden ) ( transitive ) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon . Shakespeare Searching the window for a flint , I found / This paper , thus sealed up . Cowley In woods and forests thou art found . ( transitive ) To…
• English - Noun: find ( plural finds ) Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent . The act of finding . Synonyms ( anything found ) : discovery , catch Translations
• English - Etymology: From Middle English finden , from Old English findan , from Proto-Germanic *finþaną (compare West Frisian fine , Low German finden , Dutch vinden , German finden , Danish finde , Swedish finna ), a secondary verb from Proto-Indo-European *pent- ( “ to go , pass; path bridge ” ), *pontHo- (compare English path , Old Irish étain ( “ I find ” ), áitt ( “ place ” ), Latin pōns ( “ bridge ” ),…
• English - Pronunciation: enPR: fīnd , IPA (key) : /faɪnd/ Rhymes: -aɪnd Homophone: fined
• English - External links: find in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , G . & C . Merriam, 1913 find in The Century Dictionary , The Century Co ., New York , 1911