find – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of find

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to find
Participle: found
Gerund: finding

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ifind
youfind
he;she;itfinds
wefind
youfind
theyfind

Perfect

Ihave found
youhave found
he;she;ithas found
wehave found
youhave found
theyhave found

Past

Ifound
youfound
he;she;itfound
wefound
youfound
theyfound

Pluperfect

Ihad found
youhad found
he;she;ithad found
wehad found
youhad found
theyhad found

Future

Iwill find
youwill find
he;she;itwill find
wewill find
youwill find
theywill find

Future Perfect

Iwill have found
youwill have found
he;she;itwill have found
wewill have found
youwill have found
theywill have found

Subjunctive

Present

Ifind
youfind
he;she;itfind
wefind
youfind
theyfind

Perfect

Ihave found
youhave found
he;she;ithave found
wehave found
youhave found
theyhave found

Imperfect

Ifound
youfound
he;she;itfound
wefound
youfound
theyfound

Pluperfect

Ihad found
youhad found
he;she;ithad found
wehad found
youhad found
theyhad found

Conditional

Present

Iwould find
youwould find
he;she;itwould find
wewould find
youwould find
theywould find

Perfect

Iwould have found
youwould have found
he;she;itwould have found
wewould have found
youwould have found
theywould have found

Imperative

youfind
weLet's find
youfind

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam finding
youare finding
he;she;itis finding
weare finding
youare finding
theyare finding

Perfect

Ihave been finding
youhave been finding
he;she;ithas been finding
wehave been finding
youhave been finding
theyhave been finding

Past

Iwas finding
youwere finding
he;she;itwas finding
wewere finding
youwere finding
theywere finding

Pluperfect

Ihad been finding
youhad been finding
he;she;ithad been finding
wehad been finding
youhad been finding
theyhad been finding

Future

Iwill be finding
youwill be finding
he;she;itwill be finding
wewill be finding
youwill be finding
theywill be finding

Future Perfect

Iwill have been finding
youwill have been finding
he;she;itwill have been finding
wewill have been finding
youwill have been finding
theywill have been finding

Conditional

Present

Iwould be finding
youwould be finding
he;she;itwould be finding
wewould be finding
youwould be finding
theywould be finding

Perfect

Iwould have been finding
youwould have been finding
he;she;itwould have been finding
wewould have been finding
youwould have been finding
theywould have been finding

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'find'

bind, fight, find, grind, overwind, rebind, regrind, unwind, wind, atwind, autowind, befight, befind, bewind, copyfight, cryogrind, debind, dogfight, fault-find, faultfind, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'find'

bind, fand, fend, fid, fiend, fin, fine, foind, fond, fund,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to deem; to look upon as; to think of as being
account, consider, deem, dub, interpret, judge, regard, think of, view
detect
catch, locate, uncover, descry, expose, notice, encounter, observe

Antonyms

to cause something to cease to be in one's possession
acquire, possess, receive, lose
detect
overlook, omit, miss, mistake

Additional Information

Cf. Old English strong verb findan .

Etymology

1. O.E. findan "come upon, alight on" (class III strong verb; past tense fand, pp. funden), from P.Gmc. *finthanan (cf. O.S. findan, O.N. finna, M.Du. vinden, Ger. finden, Goth. finþan), originally "to come upon," perhaps from PIE *pent- "to go, pass, path, bridge" (cf. O.H.G. fendeo "pedestrian," Skt. panthah "path, way," Avestan panta "way," Gk. pontos "open sea," L. pons (gen. pontis) "bridge," O.C.S. poti "path," peta "heel"). The noun meaning "person or thing discovered" is from 1890.
2. 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”).
3. 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.
4. 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). See: Middle English 'finden', Old English 'findan', Proto-Germanic '*finþaną', Low Saxon 'finden', Dutch 'vinden', German, old spelling 'finden', Danish 'finde', Norwegian 'finne', Swedish 'finna', English 'path'.

Verbs referencing "find"

English path, German, old spelling finden, Norwegian, nynorsk finna, Norwegian finne, German, Pennsylvania finne, Sranan feni, Low Saxon finnen, Danish finde, Luxembourgish fannen, Welsh ffeindio, Cimbrian vènnan.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] space of time after the arrival of the railway train at Euston Square. And commissions and remembrances do so crowd upon one at such a time, that we were still busied with this employment when we found ourselves fused, as it were, into a dense conglomeration of passengers and passengers ’ friends and passengers ’ luggage, all jumbled together on the deck of a small steamboat, and panting and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] should say, ‘No mistake about that: ’ and not even the sage Lord Burleigh in his nod, included half so much as this lazy gentleman of might who has made the passage (as everybody on board has found out already; it 's impossible to say how ) thirteen times without a single accident ! There is another passenger very much wrapped-up, who has been frowned down by the rest, and morally trampled [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] at midnight. It was not exactly comfortable below. It was decidedly close; and it was impossible to be unconscious of the presence of that extraordinary compound of strange smells, which is to be found nowhere but on board ship, and which is such a subtle perfume that it seems to enter at every pore of the skin, and whisper of the hold. Two passengers ’ wives (one of them my own ) lay already in [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] folks, you know; they gets over things, only manage right. Now, they say, ” said Haley, assuming a candid and confidential air, “ that this kind o ’ trade is hardening to the feelings; but I never found it so. Fact is, I never could do things up the way some fellers manage the business. I 've seen ’ em as would pull a woman's child out of her arms, and set him up to sell, and she screechin ’ like [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Once—once—I found myself on deck. I do n't know how I got there, or what possessed me to go there, but there I was; and completely dressed too, with a huge pea-coat on, and a pair of boots such as no weak man in his [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] got there, or what possessed me to go there, but there I was; and completely dressed too, with a huge pea-coat on, and a pair of boots such as no weak man in his senses could ever have got into. I found myself standing, when a gleam of consciousness came upon me, holding on to something. I do n't know what. I think it was the boatswain: or it may have been the pump: or possibly the cow. I ca n't [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] hat. But I was too imbecile, although I knew it to be he, to separate him from his dress; and tried to call him, I remember, Pilot. After another interval of total unconsciousness, I found he had gone, and recognised another figure in its place. It seemed to wave and fluctuate before me as though I saw it reflected in an unsteady looking-glass; but I knew it for the captain; and such [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] but could n't. I could only point to my boots—or wherever I supposed my boots to be—and say in a plaintive voice, ‘Cork soles: ’ at the same time endeavouring, I am told, to sit down in the pool. Finding that I was quite insensible, and for the time a maniac, he humanely conducted me below. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] weather—and four good hands are ill, and have given in, dead beat. Several berths are full of water, and all the cabins are leaky. The ship 's cook, secretly swigging damaged whiskey, has been found drunk; and has been played upon by the fire-engine until quite sober. All the stewards have fallen down-stairs at various dinner-times, and go about with plasters in various places. The baker is [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] and some error on the pilot 's part, were the cause. We were surrounded by banks, and rocks, and shoals of all kinds, but had happily drifted, it seemed, upon the only safe speck that was to be found thereabouts. Eased by this report, and by the assurance that the tide was past the ebb, we turned in at three o’clock in the morning. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Hey, he didn't tell me his name. It's obvious somebody found out Nate Was investigating the fund... (The Negotiator)
  • Oh yes, the boy. What boy? We may have found a way to get some immediate answers. (The Devil's Disciples)
  • Well, here I am, I 've been found. (Golosovoy pomoshchnik)
  • [somber music playing] Tell me how you found out your friend was linked to that escort, (Squad 36)
  • We 've found it, that's what. Commander, the deflector's in operation, (War Between the Planets)