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- pronunciation:
- faInd
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
finds, finding, found |
| definition 1: |
When you find something, you come upon it or meet it by accident. If you find money in your pocket, it means that you come upon some money in your pocket that you didn't know was there.
I found somebody's ring at the bottom of the swimming pool.We found some very pretty shells at the beach.- synonyms:
- come across, encounter, happen upon
- antonyms:
- miss
- similar words:
- discover, meet
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| definition 2: |
If you lose something, you don't have it anymore, but if you find it, you have it again. Sometimes you have to look in many places before you can find what you have lost.
I found my lost watch under the dresser in my bedroom.Our cat was lost for two days, but then we found her up a tree.- synonyms:
- locate, recover
- antonyms:
- lose
- similar words:
- discover, retrieve, trace
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| definition 3: |
When you find something, you discover it. You see it for the first time, and sometimes you see it before any other people see it.
We found a path in the woods that went to a small lake. It was fun to walk on the path because we didn't know where it would go.My brother and I found an old trunk in my grandma's basement. There were a lot of old letters and photographs inside it.The explorers found a cave that had not been on any map.- synonyms:
- discover
- similar words:
- come across, detect, hit upon, locate, search out, spot, uncover
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| definition 4: |
When you find something funny, it means that you think it's funny when you hear it or see it. If you find a book interesting, it means you think it is interesting when you start reading it. We often use "find" when we talk about our reaction to meeting a person or thing for the first time.
My brother found it very funny when I slipped and fell in the mud, but I really didn't!Kristen sometimes finds poems hard to understand.I hear you met your new neighbor. How did you find him? Did you like him?- synonyms:
- consider
- similar words:
- believe, judge, perceive, regard
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| definition 5: |
When a court finds someone guilty, it means that the court decides that they are guilty.
The man was found innocent by the jury, so they let him go.- similar words:
- determine, judge, pronounce
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| related words: |
catch, discover |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
A find is something that is valuable, unusual, or great that you come across or discover.
That rare bird is an important find for the biologists.- similar words:
- bargain, catch, discovery
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| related words: |
treasure |
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