Meaning of find | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To locate
   transitive
2. To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
   transitive
3. To come to a legal decision or verdict: The jury found for the defendant.
4. To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
   transitive
5. find oneself, to discover and pursue one's genuine interests and talents.
6. To locate on behalf of another.
   ditransitive
7. Something that has been discovered:ascertainment, discovery, finding, strike.
8. To discover by study or experiment directed to an object or end.
   ditransitive
9. something found, especially something of value or interest. That old book is quite a find! vonds إكْتِشاف، لُقْيَه، لُقْطَه находка achado objev der Fund fund εύρημαhallazgo leid کشف löytö trouvailleממצא, תגלית खोज nalaz, otkriće felfedezés penemuan fundur; uppgötvun scoperta, ritrovamento 掘出し物 발견물 radinys, atradimas atradums; atklājums penemuan vondstfunnodkrycie پیدا شوی شی،کشف achado descoperire находка objav najdba otkriće fynd, upptäckt สิ่งของหรือคนที่มีคุณค่าที่ได้ค้นพบ buluş, bulgu, k...
   especially
10. To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
    transitive
11. to become able to cope with a new situation. She found the new job difficult at first but she soon found her feet. voete vind يَسْتَطيع أن يَتَعامَل مَع المَوقِف стягам се controlar a situação uchytit se, dostat se do toho wissen, was zu tun ist finde sine ben; finde sig til rette στέκομαι στα πόδια μου, προσαρμόζομαιacostumbrarse olukorraga harjuma وفق دادن tottua adapter לְהִתרָגֵל לָלֶכֶת לְבָד नई स्थिति से निबटने में सक्षम होना osamostaliti se, uvesti se u posao talpra áll mengatasi átta ...
12. To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
    transitive
13. vi. hallar, encontrar, descubrir.
14. To meet with; to receive.
    transitive
15. To come upon, often by accident; meet with: found a dime on the floor.
16. To point out.
    transitive
17. To come upon or discover by searching or making an effort: finally found the leak in the pipe.
18. To decide that, to conclude that, to form the opinion that, to consider.
    ditransitive
19. To discover or ascertain through observation, experience, or study: found a solution; find the product of two numbers; found that it didn't really matter.
20. To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
    transitive
21. To supply; to furnish.
    archaic, transitive
22. To perceive to be, after experience or consideration: found the gadget surprisingly useful; found the book entertaining.
23. To provide for
    archaic, transitive
24. To determine or judge.
    intransitive
25. To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.
    transitive
26. To discover game.
    intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“I found this shell on the beach.”

“She arrived home to find that the house had gone up in flames.”

“Searching the window for a flint, I found/This paper, thus sealed up.”

“Among the Woods and Forests thou art found.”

“I had occasion to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return, much to my surprise, I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station.”

“I found my car keys. They were under the couch.”

“I went looking for you in the bed we share, but tonight I found you not there.”

“It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant.”

“Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. Dr Mincer and Dr Amaral-Zettler found evidence of them on their marine plastic, too.”

“I found you a new place to live”

“Water is found to be a compound substance.”

“The researchers found the two variables to be strongly correlated.”

“to find leisure; to find means”

“And in thoſe dayes ſhall men ſeke deeth / and ſhall nott fynde hyt / ſhall deſyre to deye / and deeth ſhall flye frõ them.”

“Looks like he found a new vehicle for himself!”

“The proposal found little support within the government.”

“Among newer procedures, the Robb and Steinberg contrast visualization of cardiac chambers and venous catheterization of the right heart have found the broadest study and application.”

“He kept finding faults with my work.”

“I find your argument unsatisfactory.”

“I found it strange {sleeping - to sleep} in your house last night.”

“I find you passing gentle.”

“The torrid zone is now found habitable.”

““ the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes And then, when you see [the senders], you probably find that they are the most melancholy old folk with malignant diseases.”

“to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person”

“to find his title with some shows of truth”

“to find food for workmen”

“He finds his nephew in money.”

“They stand idle in the market-place, not because they have not been hired, but because they do not want to be hired; being able to live like the Lazzaroni of Naples, on "Midshipman's half-pay—nothing a day, and find yourself."”

“the pay is good, the musterer receiving ten shillings a day, and all found, all the time he is engaged on the "run," even should he be compelled to remain idle on account of rain or mist.”

“The jury finds for the defendant.”

“Peters finds Jinkins, who is running down the left wing.”

“Van Persie scored a hat-trick against Wigan on Saturday and should have found the net again after Bendtner found him at the far post but the Dutchman's header rebounded to safety off the crossbar.”

“They found at once, and there was a short sharp run, during which Linda and Tony, both in a somewhat showing-off mood, rode side by side over the stone walls.”

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