find
/ˈfaɪ̯nd/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.76 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To locate.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
From Middle English finden, from Old English findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, a secondary verb from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path bridge”). See also West Frisian fine, Low German finden, Dutch vinden, German finden, Danish finde, Norwegian Bokmål finne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish finna; also English path, Old Irish étain (“I find”), áitt (“place”), Latin pōns (“bridge”), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos, “sea”), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “ford”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬃 (paṇtā̊), Sanskrit पथ (pathá, “path”), Proto-Slavic *pǫtь. For the meaning development compare Proto-Slavic *najьti > Russian найти́ (najtí), akin to Proto-Slavic *jьti > идти́ (idtí); Russian находи́ть (naxodítʹ), нахо́дка (naxódka), akin to ход (xod), ходи́ть (xodítʹ).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfaɪ̯nd/
- British English: /ˈfaɪ̯nd/
Usage
Inflected Forms
finds (present, singular)
finding (participle, present)
found (past)
fand (dialectal, past)
found (participle, past)
fand (dialectal, participle)
founden (archaic, participle)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
found (first person, past)
fand (dialectal, first person)
findest (archaic, present)