find – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to find out sb
Participle: found out sb
Gerund: finding out sb

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

I	find out sb
you	find out sb
he;she;it	finds out sb
we	find out sb
you	find out sb
they	find out sb

Perfect

I	have found out sb
you	have found out sb
he;she;it	has found out sb
we	have found out sb
you	have found out sb
they	have found out sb

Past

I	found out sb
you	found out sb
he;she;it	found out sb
we	found out sb
you	found out sb
they	found out sb

Pluperfect

I	had found out sb
you	had found out sb
he;she;it	had found out sb
we	had found out sb
you	had found out sb
they	had found out sb

Future

I	will find out sb
you	will find out sb
he;she;it	will find out sb
we	will find out sb
you	will find out sb
they	will find out sb

Future Perfect

I	will have found out sb
you	will have found out sb
he;she;it	will have found out sb
we	will have found out sb
you	will have found out sb
they	will have found out sb

Subjunctive

Present

I	find out sb
you	find out sb
he;she;it	find out sb
we	find out sb
you	find out sb
they	find out sb

Perfect

I	have found out sb
you	have found out sb
he;she;it	have found out sb
we	have found out sb
you	have found out sb
they	have found out sb

Imperfect

I	found out sb
you	found out sb
he;she;it	found out sb
we	found out sb
you	found out sb
they	found out sb

Pluperfect

I	had found out sb
you	had found out sb
he;she;it	had found out sb
we	had found out sb
you	had found out sb
they	had found out sb

Conditional

Present

I	would find out sb
you	would find out sb
he;she;it	would find out sb
we	would find out sb
you	would find out sb
they	would find out sb

Perfect

I	would have found out sb
you	would have found out sb
he;she;it	would have found out sb
we	would have found out sb
you	would have found out sb
they	would have found out sb

Imperative

you	find out sb
we	Let's find out sb
you	find out sb

Indicative

Present

I	am finding out sb
you	are finding out sb
he;she;it	is finding out sb
we	are finding out sb
you	are finding out sb
they	are finding out sb

Perfect

I	have been finding out sb
you	have been finding out sb
he;she;it	has been finding out sb
we	have been finding out sb
you	have been finding out sb
they	have been finding out sb

Past

I	was finding out sb
you	were finding out sb
he;she;it	was finding out sb
we	were finding out sb
you	were finding out sb
they	were finding out sb

Pluperfect

I	had been finding out sb
you	had been finding out sb
he;she;it	had been finding out sb
we	had been finding out sb
you	had been finding out sb
they	had been finding out sb

Future

I	will be finding out sb
you	will be finding out sb
he;she;it	will be finding out sb
we	will be finding out sb
you	will be finding out sb
they	will be finding out sb

Future Perfect

I	will have been finding out sb
you	will have been finding out sb
he;she;it	will have been finding out sb
we	will have been finding out sb
you	will have been finding out sb
they	will have been finding out sb

Conditional

Present

I	would be finding out sb
you	would be finding out sb
he;she;it	would be finding out sb
we	would be finding out sb
you	would be finding out sb
they	would be finding out sb

Perfect

I	would have been finding out sb
you	would have been finding out sb
he;she;it	would have been finding out sb
we	would have been finding out sb
you	would have been finding out sb
they	would have been finding out sb

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 .

Phrasal Verbs

~ against somebody, ~ against something, ~ for somebody, ~ for something, ~ out (something), ~ (something) out, ~ out somebody, ~ somebody out,

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)

find – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of find

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'find'

Verbs similar to 'find'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "find"

Sample Sentences