find
part of speech
verb (find, finds, found, finding); noun (a find)
meaning for a pupil
1) To find is to see or get something you were looking for, or by chance: find a coin. tree →
2) To find out is to learn something: find out the answer. tree →
3) To find is to work out in maths: find the total. tree →
4) To find something easy or hard is to feel it is so. tree →
5) A find is something good that was found. tree →
6) In law, a court finds someone guilty or not guilty: it decides. tree →
7) (casual) «Good find!» praises a good discovery; «finders keepers» is a children's saying that whoever finds a thing keeps it. tree →
8) (formal) The exam voice says «determine», «ascertain», «compute», «evaluate», «establish», «locate» where a child would say «find». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Find grace" or "find favour" means to be liked and accepted by someone, especially God. Interpretation: Noah "found grace" is read by the rabbis as a sign that he was good, though some said he was good only for his own time. In the primary lessons: getting more things («found 6 more» = add); also «find how many more» (work out a difference); in maths «find the sum», «find the missing number», «find the area»; in science «find out» by experiment; in everyday life «lost and found», «find your way»; in safety: if you find something sharp or a medicine, tell an adult; in casual talk «finders keepers», «good find»; in the exam voice «determine», «ascertain», «compute», «evaluate»
examples
- But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. (Torah GEN.6.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not. (Torah GEN.31.34, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Joseph found favour in his sight, and he ministered unto him. (Torah GEN.39.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- But wisdom, where shall it be found? (Writings JOB.28.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- Canst thou find out the deep things of God? (Writings JOB.11.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- 'Are they not finding, are they not dividing the spoil? (Prophets JDG.5.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- Anna found 8 cards and then found 6 more. How many cards did Anna find altogether? tree →
- Ben finds 3 shells on the beach. tree →
- Find how many more apples Sam has than Kim. tree →
- I can't find my other shoe! tree →
- Find the missing number: 5 + ? = 12. tree →
- Let's find out how plants drink water. tree →
- I find maths fun. tree →
- If you find a needle, don't touch it; tell a grown-up. tree →
- found 2 quid in me coat lol, now got 7 tree →
- Finders keepers, it's mine now! tree →
- That old shop was a great find. tree →
- Ascertain the total number of cards located by Anna, given that she located 8 and subsequently a further 6. tree →
note
Past form «found» (not «finded»). Finding things makes you have more: add. Trap: «find how many more … than» is about working out a difference: subtract. «Find», «determine», «ascertain», «compute» and «evaluate» in a question all just mean «work out». Do not mix «found» (past of find) with «found» (to start a school or a town). «Finders keepers» is a game rule, not a law: lost things should go back to their owner.
In the corpora
- But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
- Peradventure ten shall be found there.' And He said: 'I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.'
- And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him.
- And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of living water.
- And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «find» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.