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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Homophones 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
Lord	de	whole	#190: find	got	let	world

[ Etymology

From Old English findan, from Proto-Germanic *finþan. Cognate with Dutch vinden, German finden, Swedish finna.

[ Pronunciation

• enPR: fīnd, IPA: /faɪnd/, SAMPA: /faInd/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -aɪnd

[ Homophones

• fined

[ Verb

Infinitive to find

Third person singular finds

Simple past found

Past participle found or archaic founden

Present participle finding

to find (third-person singular simple present finds, present participle finding, simple past found, past participle found or archaic founden)

1. (transitive) To encounter, to discover.

   Project Gutenberg finds that Find is the 190th most important word in the English language.

   I found my car keys -- they were under the couch.

2. (transitive) To point out.

   He kept finding faults with my work.

3. (transitive) To decide that, to form the opinion that.

   I find your argument unsatisfactory.

4. (transitive) To determine or judge.

   The jury finds for the defendant

[ Derived terms

See also finding and found

• find fault
• find one's feet
• find out

[ Translations

encounter

Arabic: وَجَدَ ar(ar) Crimean Tatar: tapmaq Czech: nalézt cs(cs), najít cs(cs) Danish: finde, træffe Dutch: vinden nl(nl), aantreffen nl(nl) Esperanto: trovi eo(eo) Finnish: löytää fi(fi) French: trouver fr(fr) German: finden de(de) Hebrew: לימצוא he(he) (limtzo) Icelandic: finna is(is) Irish: faigh ga(ga) Italian: trovare it(it)

Japanese: 発見する (はっけんする, hakken-suru), 見つける(みつける,mitsukeru) Kurdish: دیتنه‌وه‌, دۆزینه‌وه‌ Latin: invenīre la(la) Latvian: atrast Lithuanian: surasti Mongolian: олох Polish: znajdować pl(pl) Portuguese: achar pt(pt), encontrar pt(pt) Romanian: găsi ro(ro) Russian: найти ru(ru) Slovene: najti sl(sl) Spanish: encontrar es(es), hallar es(es) Swedish: finna, hitta, uppdaga, upptäcka, utröna

point out

Danish: finde, udpege Dutch: vinden nl(nl), ontdekken nl(nl) Finnish: osoittaa fi(fi) Japanese: 指摘する (してきする, shiteki-suru)

Portuguese: achar pt(pt), encontrar pt(pt) Russian: выискивать Swedish: finna sv(sv), hitta sv(sv)

decide that

Danish: finde Dutch: vinden, van mening zijn dat Finnish: pitää fi(fi)

Portuguese: achar pt(pt) Russian: находить ru(ru) Swedish: finna, konstatera,

determine, judge

Danish: dømme Dutch: achten nl(nl) Esperanto: juĝi Japanese: 評決する (ひょうけつする, hyōketsu-suru)

Russian: находить ru(ru) Spanish: determinar es(es), juzgar es(es) Swedish: finna sv(sv), konstatera sv(sv)

[ Noun

Singular find

Plural finds

find (plural finds)

1. Anything that is found, especially by good fortune.

[ Synonyms

• (anything found, especially by good fortune): discovery

[ Translations

anything that is found, especially by good fortune

Danish: fund da(da) c. Dutch: vondst nl(nl) f. Esperanto: trovaĵo, trovitaĵo Finnish: löytö fi(fi) French: trouvaille fr(fr) f. Icelandic: fundur is(is) m.

Polish: znalezisko n. Romanian: descoperire ro(ro) f. Russian: находка ru(ru) f. Spanish: hallazgo es(es) m. Swedish: fynd n.