find

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ good, great, real

▪ exciting, interesting, remarkable, spectacular

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The letters were a real find.

▪ big, important, major, significant

▪ rare

▪ new, recent

▪ lucky

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A lucky find is telling us a lot about life 10 000 years ago.

▪ unexpected

▪ archaeological, fossil

▪ medieval, prehistoric

VERB + FIND

▪ discover, make, unearth (esp. BrE)

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prehistoric finds made in an unexplored cave

▪ yield

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To date the site has yielded many interesting finds.

▪ report

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I reported my find to the landowner.

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verb

Find is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑archaeologist, ↑autopsy, ↑census, ↑committee, ↑court, ↑enquiry, ↑experiment, ↑hand, ↑inquest, ↑judge, ↑poll, ↑report, ↑research, ↑researcher, ↑scientist, ↑study, ↑survey, ↑tongue, ↑trial, ↑tribunal

Find is used with these nouns as the object: ↑acceptance, ↑accommodation, ↑advert, ↑advertisement, ↑ally, ↑alternative, ↑amusement, ↑answer, ↑apartment, ↑association, ↑average, ↑balance, ↑bargain, ↑bearing, ↑blog, ↑body, ↑bug, ↑buyer, ↑cab, ↑cause, ↑client, ↑clue, ↑comfort, ↑common ground, ↑companionship, ↑compromise, ↑connection, ↑consistency, ↑consolation, ↑contentment, ↑corpse, ↑correlation, ↑courage, ↑cover, ↑culprit, ↑cure, ↑damp, ↑date, ↑defect, ↑delight, ↑deposit, ↑destiny, ↑diameter, ↑difference, ↑discrepancy, ↑echo, ↑employment, ↑encouragement, ↑enjoyment, ↑error, ↑escape, ↑evidence, ↑example, ↑excuse, ↑explanation, ↑explosive, ↑expression, ↑faith, ↑fame, ↑fascination, ↑fault, ↑favour, ↑fingerprint, ↑first, ↑fix, ↑flat, ↑flaw, ↑food, ↑foothold, ↑footing, ↑footprint, ↑forgiveness, ↑form, ↑formula, ↑fortune, ↑freedom, ↑friend, ↑fulfilment, ↑fun, ↑galaxy, ↑girlfriend, ↑god, ↑gold, ↑happiness, ↑haven, ↑help, ↑home, ↑hope, ↑hotel, ↑husband, ↑identity, ↑improvement, ↑inaccuracy, ↑incidence, ↑inconsistency, ↑indication, ↑information, ↑inspiration, ↑intruder, ↑job, ↑joy, ↑justification, ↑killer, ↑lead, ↑leak, ↑link, ↑location, ↑loophole, ↑love, ↑lover, ↑lump, ↑mark, ↑match, ↑mate, ↑material, ↑meaning, ↑merit, ↑motel, ↑motive, ↑murderer, ↑nerve, ↑nest, ↑niche, ↑occupation, ↑oil, ↑opportunity, ↑outlet, ↑owner, ↑paradise, ↑parallel, ↑partner, ↑path, ↑peace, ↑perfection, ↑pleasure, ↑position, ↑precedent, ↑premises, ↑pretext, ↑proof, ↑publisher, ↑pulse, ↑ratio, ↑reason, ↑reassurance, ↑recipe, ↑recruit, ↑redemption, ↑reference, ↑refuge, ↑relationship, ↑relative, ↑relief, ↑religion, ↑remains, ↑remedy, ↑replacement, ↑resistance, ↑resolution, ↑rest, ↑restroom, ↑result, ↑rhythm, ↑role, ↑romance, ↑room, ↑root, ↑route, ↑safety, ↑salvation, ↑sanctuary, ↑satisfaction, ↑saving, ↑scapegoat, ↑seat, ↑selection, ↑self, ↑serenity, ↑shelter, ↑short cut, ↑sign, ↑similarity, ↑site, ↑skeleton, ↑solace, ↑solitude, ↑solution, ↑source, ↑specimen, ↑sponsor, ↑sponsorship, ↑spot, ↑strength, ↑style, ↑success, ↑successor, ↑sum, ↑support, ↑survivor, ↑sympathy, ↑talent, ↑target, ↑taxi, ↑tenant, ↑thread, ↑time, ↑touch, ↑trace, ↑trail, ↑treasure, ↑use, ↑variation, ↑venue, ↑violation, ↑vocation, ↑voice, ↑volunteer, ↑way, ↑website, ↑word, ↑work, ↑wreck, ↑yearning