Collocations for "find"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "find" in context.
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find
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- find a [penny, wallet, watch]
- find your (lost) [keys, phone, wallet]
- have you found your [keys]?
- I can't find my [keys]
- found (it) [under, in, inside, next to, behind]
- find it [again, later]
- [can, should, will] find it
- let me help you find it
- [police, researchers, scientists] are trying to find
- find a [cure for, way to]
- find [information, answers, clues, hints]
- find the [best, worst] possible way
- find [peace, calm, disclosure]
- find by [category, price]
- found in [Canada, the ground, her purse]
- nowhere to be found
- found her [crying, bleeding, laughing]
- find it [funny, interesting] that
- find it [interesting, sad, difficult] (to)
- find him [attractive, boring, great company]
- find him [extremely, incredibly, so] [attractive]
- found [guilty, not guilty]
- find out the [truth, ending, news]
- find out [what, how, about, who]
- the [car, house, job] was a real find
- [she, your husband] is a real find
- [remarkable, spectacular, unique, valuable] finds
- [remarkable] finds in [Egypt, the cave, the ocean, the ruins]
'find' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Australia
- Netherlands
- aback
- above
- abstract
- acceptable
- accessible
- accommodation
- adapt
- adjust
- adventure
- agreeable
- allegiance
- alternate
- alternative
- amazing
- amusing
- analysis
- annoyed
- annoying
- another
- anticipation
- anxious
- anymore
- apartment
- app
- appalled
- apparel
- appealing
- arrangement
- arrival
- arrive
- art
- astonished
- astonishing
- attached
- attempt
- attractive
- available
- awake
- baffled
- balance
- below
- best
- bet
- better
- bewildered
- bicycle
- bin
- bit