[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/find.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / find [← F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/F/) # find «find» in Mova's school dictionary: **to see or get something you were looking for, or by…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#m1) 2) To find out is to learn something: find out the answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#m2) 3) To find is to work out in maths: find the total. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#m3) 4) To find something easy or hard is to feel it is so. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#m4) 5) A find is something good that was found. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#m5) 6) In law, a court finds someone guilty or not guilty: it decides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#m6) 7) (casual) «Good find!» praises a good discovery; «finders keepers» is a children's saying that whoever finds a thing keeps it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#m7) 8) (formal) The exam voice says «determine», «ascertain», «compute», «evaluate», «establish», «locate» where a child would say «find». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#m8) ### sense in the 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 - Anna found 8 cards and then found 6 more. How many cards did Anna find altogether? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#x1) - Ben finds 3 shells on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#x2) - Find how many more apples Sam has than Kim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#x3) - I can't find my other shoe! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#x4) - Find the missing number: 5 + ? = 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#x5) - Let's find out how plants drink water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#x6) - I find maths fun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#x7) - If you find a needle, don't touch it; tell a grown-up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#x8) - found 2 quid in me coat lol, now got 7 [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#x9) - Finders keepers, it's mine now! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#x10) - That old shop was a great find. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#x11) - Ascertain the total number of cards located by Anna, given that she located 8 and subsequently a further 6. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/#x12) ### 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 - [Grown-ups in love show affection with hugs and kisses, and it is normal for children to find it embarrassing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/14/) - [Mixing two families takes time, and it is normal to find it hard at first.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/7/) - [Grown-ups also tease children about girlfriends and crushes, and older people sometimes find new partners late in life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/5/) - [An older person who finds a new partner after losing a husband or wife has not forgotten the one who died.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/18/) - [Families make phone rules so meals are for talking, and adults find them hard to keep because phones are built to grab attention.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/5/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «find» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/find/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.