finds

noun

The act of finding.

Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.

verb

(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.

To locate

(transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.

(transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.

(transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.

(transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.

(ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment directed to an object or end.

(ditransitive) To locate on behalf of another.

(ditransitive) To decide that, to conclude that, to form the opinion that, to consider.

(transitive) To meet with; to receive.

(transitive) To point out.

(transitive, ball games) To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.

(intransitive, hunting) To discover game.

(intransitive, law) To determine or judge.

(transitive, archaic) To supply; to furnish.

(transitive, archaic) To provide for

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