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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Find \Find\ (f[imac]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Found (found); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Finding.] [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS.
     & OHG. findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna,
     Goth. fin[thorn]an; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr.
     pi`ptein to fall, Skr. pat to fall, fly, E. petition.]
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Searching the window for a flint, I found
              This paper, thus sealed up.           --Shak.
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              In woods and forests thou art found.  --Cowley.
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     2. To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to
        experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings;
        to detect; to feel. ``I find you passing gentle.'' --Shak.
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              The torrid zone is now found habitable. --Cowley.
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     3. To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.
        (a) To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom.
        (b) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object
            or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance.
        (c) To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to
            find leisure; to find means.
        (d) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
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                  Seek, and ye shall find.          --Matt. vii.
                                                    7.
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                  Every mountain now hath found a tongue. --Byron.
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     4. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food
        for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.
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              Wages [pounds]14 and all found.       --London
                                                    Times.
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              Nothing a day and find yourself.      --Dickens.
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     5. 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 find his title with some shows of truth. --Shak.
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     To find out, to detect (a thief); to discover (a secret) --
        to solve or unriddle (a parable or enigma); to understand.
        ``Canst thou by searching find out God?'' --Job. xi. 7.
        ``We do hope to find out all your tricks.'' --Milton.
  
     To find fault with, to blame; to censure.
  
     To find one's self, to be; to fare; -- often used in
        speaking of health; as, how do you find yourself this
        morning?
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Find \Find\, v. i. (Law)
     To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a
     determination to a court; as, the jury find for the
     plaintiff. --Burrill.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Find \Find\, n.
     Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially,
     a deposit, discovered by arch[ae]ologists, of objects of
     prehistoric or unknown origin.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Find \Find\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Found; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Finding.] [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS. & OHG.
     findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna, Goth.
     fin?an; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. ? to fall, Skr.
     pat to fall, fly, E. petition.]
     1. 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.
  
              Searching the window for a flint, I found This
              paper, thus sealed up.                --Shak.
  
              In woods and forests thou art found.  --Cowley.
  
     2. To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to
        experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings;
        to detect; to feel. ``I find you passing gentle.'' --Shak.
  
              The torrid zone is now found habitable. --Cowley.
  
     3. To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.
        (a) To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom.
        (b) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object
            or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance.
        (c) To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to
            find leisure; to find means.
        (d) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
  
                  Seek, and ye shall find.          --Matt. vii.
                                                    7.
  
                  Every mountain now hath found a tongue. --Byron.
  
     4. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food
        for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.
  
              Wages [pounds]14 and all found.       --London
                                                    Times.
  
              Nothing a day and find yourself.      --Dickens.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Find \Find\, v. i. (Law)
     To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a
     determination to a court; as, the jury find for the
     plaintiff. --Burrill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Find \Find\, n.
     Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially,
     a deposit, discovered by arch[ae]ologists, of objects of
     prehistoric or unknown origin.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  find
       n 1: a productive insight [syn: discovery, breakthrough]
       2: the act of discovering something [syn: discovery, uncovering]
       v 1: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea
            in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery
            not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an
            interesting book in the bookstore the other day" [syn: happen,
             chance, bump, encounter]
       2: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;
          "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water";
          "We found traces of lead in the paint" [syn: detect, observe,
           discover, notice]
       3: come upon after searching; find the location of something
          that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I
          cannot find my gloves!" [syn: regain] [ant: lose]
       4: 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" [syn:
          determine, find out, ascertain]
       5: 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" [syn: feel]
       6: perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans
          winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in
          this school"; "I want to see results"; "The 1960 saw the
          rebellion of the younger generation against established
          traditions"; "I want to see results" [syn: witness, see]
       7: get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found
          this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got
          hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman
          got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent
          letter" [syn: line up, get hold, come up]
       8: make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered
          X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary
          particle" [syn: discover]
       9: make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The
          story is false, so far as I can discover" [syn: discover]
       10: 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"
       11: decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone
           guilty" [syn: rule]
       12: receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of
           civilization do not find expression or receive an
           interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I
           got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn: receive,
            get, obtain, incur]
       13: 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"
       14: get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control
           of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
           [syn: recover, retrieve, regain]
       15: succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrrow found its mark"
       16: accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and
           situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"
           [syn: find oneself]
       [also: found]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  find
     Αγγλικά vb.
     βρίσκω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  find
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm feend)
     n.
     1 Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an
  archeological site or a person with talent.
     2 The act of finding.
     vb.
     1 To locate
     2 # (lb en transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to
  happen upon.
     3 # (lb en transitive) To encounter or discover something being
  searched for; to locate.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  find
     n.
     1 Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an
  archeological site or a person with talent.
     2 The act of finding.
     vb.
     1 To locate
     2 # (lb en transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to
  happen upon.
     3 # (lb en transitive) To encounter or discover something being
  searched for; to locate.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  find
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm feend)
     n.
     1 Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an
  archeological site or a person with talent.
     2 The act of finding.
     vb.
     1 To locate
     2 # (lb en transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to
  happen upon.
     3 # (lb en transitive) To encounter or discover something being
  searched for; to locate.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  find
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm feend)
     n.
     1 Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an
  archeological site or a person with talent.
     2 The act of finding.
     vb.
     1 To locate
     2 # (lb en transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to
  happen upon.
     3 # (lb en transitive) To encounter or discover something being
  searched for; to locate.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  find
     Saksa vb.
     (de-v-taivm: find)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  find
     Engelska n.
     fynd
     Engelska vb.
     1 hitta, finna
     2 hitta och peka ut
     3 bilda sig en åsikt; besluta sig för (att anse)

From Sorani-Kurmanji Ferheng/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:ckb-kmr ]


  find
  find, şemal, mom, çira, şemalk

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  find /fˈaɪnd/
  merk

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  find /fˈaɪnd/
  verkeer, voorkom

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  find /fˈaɪnd/
  hoor

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Find /fˈaɪnd/
  البحث

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  find //faɪnd// 
  1. намиране
  act of finding
  2. находка
  anything found

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  find //faɪnd// 
  1. убеждавам
  decide that
  2. изчисля́вам, реша́вам
  determine, judge
  3. наме́ря, нами́рам
  encounter, locate, discover