FIND
\fˈa͡ɪnd], \fˈaɪnd], \f_ˈaɪ_n_d]\
Definitions of FIND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
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make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
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the act of discovering something
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come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
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decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"
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perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place; "I found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"
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succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrrow found its mark"
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obtain through effort or management; "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college"
By Princeton University
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after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
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make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
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the act of discovering something
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come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
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decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"
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perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place; "I found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person.
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To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel.
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To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.
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To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom.
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To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance.
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To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means.
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To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
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To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.
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To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person.
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To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.
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Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archaeologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.
By Oddity Software
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To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person.
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To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel.
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To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.
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To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom.
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To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance.
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To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means.
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To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
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To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.
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To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person.
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To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.
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Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archaeologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.
By Noah Webster.
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To discover; obtain by searching; learn by experiment; meet by accident; regain, as something lost; supply.
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The discovery of something valuable.
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Found.
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Finding.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To come upon or meet with; to discover or arrive at; to perceive; to experience; to supply; -pr.p. finding; pa.t and pa.p. found.
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FINDER.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To discover accidentally or by search or study; learn by experience; perceive; ascertain.
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To decide judicially.
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To furnish; provide; support.
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Finder, finding.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Something found. To find one's self, to be; to fare in regard to ease or pain, health or sickness. To find in, to supply or to furnish with. To find out, to discover; to sound; to understand; to comprehend; to detect. To find fault with, to censure. To find a bill, to establish grounds of accusation, as by grand jury. To find a ship's trim, to discover how she shall best sail.
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To discover; to fall in with; to discover by seeking; to discover by study, experiment, or trial; to gain; to perceive; to detect; to enjoy; to discover and declare; to supply.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To discover; to recover; to regain something lost; to gain or have; to furnish or supply; to arrive at; to determine.
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Discovery; thing found.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. A discovery; a thing found; especially, a collection of coins found in any particular place.