find
IPA: fˈaɪnd
noun
- Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
- The act of finding.
verb
- To locate
- (transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
- (transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
- (ditransitive) Locate on behalf of another
- (ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
- (transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
- (transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
- (transitive) To meet with; to receive.
- (transitive) To point out.
- (ditransitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
- (transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
- (transitive, archaic) To supply; to furnish.
- (transitive, archaic) To provide for
- (intransitive, law) To determine or judge.
- (transitive, ball sports) To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.
- (intransitive, hunting) To discover game.
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Examples of "find" in Sentences
- I was looking for an atlas to find some places.
- I find it difficult to see that as a denouncement.
- Raimi finds the right look but misses the heartbeat.
- I entreat that you find it in your favor to look at it.
- The conquistador could not find what he was looking for.
- Look at the lancet and you will find nothing of the sort
- Ancient people could find their ways by looking at polestar.
- Healy finds Jesse looking disheveled, drunk, and despondent.
- Look up at the ceiling to find a stalactite by the eastern geyser.
- He was looking for the picture of the rooster and could not find it.
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