find
noun/faɪnd/
/faɪnd/
- 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
- …
- discover
- make
- unearth
- …
Word OriginOld English findan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vinden and German finden.
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