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Definition of find noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

find

noun
 
/faɪnd/
 
/faɪnd/
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  1. a thing or person that has been found, especially one that is interesting, valuable or useful; the act of finding a thing or person like this
    • This is an important archaeological find.
    • Our new babysitter is a real find.
    • He made his most spectacular finds in the Valley of the Kings.
    Extra Examples
    • A lucky find is telling us a lot about life 10 000 years ago.
    • I reported my find to the landowner.
    • Stray finds are more commonly discovered than whole new sites.
    • The letters were a real find and James went on to publish two volumes of them.
    • To date the site has yielded many interesting finds.
    • prehistoric finds made in an unexplored cave
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • good
    • great
    • real
    verb + find
    • discover
    • make
    • unearth
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    Word OriginOld English findan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vinden and German finden.
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