find

English

/faɪnd/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
  • (transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
  • (ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
  • (transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
  • (transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
  • (transitive) To point out.
  • (ditransitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
  • (transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
  • (transitive) To supply; to furnish.
  • (transitive) To provide for
  • (intransitive) To determine or judge.
  • (intransitive) To discover game.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English finden inherited from Old English findan (find) inherited from *finþan inherited from Proto-Germanic *finþaną (find, discover) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (go, pass, path, bridge, walk, way, drive away, send forth, path bridge, banish, come, rush, strive), *pent- (go, pass, path, bridge, walk, way, drive away, send forth, path bridge, banish, come, rush, strive).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pent-

Gloss

go, pass, path, bridge, walk, way, drive away, send forth, path bridge, banish, come, rush, strive

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

歩

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