find
To locate.
Verb 4 meanings
To locate.
“I found this shell on the beach.”
To discover by study or experiment directed to an object or end.
“Water is found to be a compound substance.”
To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
“to find leisure; to find means”
To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
“Looks like he found a new vehicle for himself!”
Noun 2 meanings
Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
The act of finding.
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”).
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FIND at a glance
FIND has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (F 4 + I 1 + N 1 + D 2) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #159 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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