Find

  • 31find — I n. 1) an archeological find 2) a lucky; rare find II v. 1) (C) find an interesting book for me; or: find me an interesting book 2) (legal) (d; intr.) ( to decide ) to find against; for (to find for the plaintiff) 3) (D; tr.) ( to discover ) to… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 32find — findable, adj. /fuynd/, v., found, finding, n. v.t. 1. to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street. 2. to locate, attain, or obtain by search or effort: to find an apartment; to find happiness. 3. to locate or recover… …

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  • 33find — I. verb (found; finding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English findan; akin to Old High German findan to find, Latin pont , pons bridge, Greek pontos sea, Sanskrit patha way, course Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to come… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 34find*/*/*/ — [faɪnd] (past tense and past participle found [faʊnd] ) verb [T] I 1) to discover or to notice something, often after searching Have you found your shoes?[/ex] We hope to find the answers to these questions.[/ex] I found her wandering in the… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 35find — verb (past and past participle found) 1》 discover by chance or deliberately.     ↘(find something out or find out about something) discover information or a fact.     ↘succeed in obtaining: he s struggling to find the money for the trip.… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 36find — [[t]faɪnd[/t]] v. found, find•ing, n. 1) to come upon by chance; meet with: to find a dime in the street[/ex] 2) to locate, attain, or obtain by search or effort: to find an apartment[/ex] 3) to recover (something lost) 4) to discover or perceive …

    From formal English to slang

  • 37find — see the devil finds work for idle hands to do those who hide can find love will find a way safe bind, safe find scratch a Russian and you find a Tartar seek and ye shall find …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 38find — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ good, great, real ▪ exciting, interesting, remarkable, spectacular ▪ The letters were a real find …

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  • 39find — 1. verb 1) I found the book I wanted Syn: locate, spot, pinpoint, unearth, obtain; search out, nose out, track down, root out; come across/upon, run across/into, chance on, light on, happen on, stumble on, encounter; informal bump into; …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 40find — v 1. come upon or across, chance upon, happen upon, light upon, hit upon, stumble on or upon; run into, bump into, fall on or upon, meet with, encounter, experience. 2. earn, win, gain, get, procure, acquire, obtain, reach, attain, succeed. 3.… …

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