verb · neutral
find
/faɪnd/FIND
Band 5-6speakingtask1task2
to discover something or someone, or to realize/feel something
Examples
“I found a useful article after searching the database.”
“She found the meeting surprisingly productive.”
“They have found a solution to the scheduling problem.”
Band 8 sentence
“After reviewing several case studies, we found consistent evidence supporting the intervention's effectiveness.”
Collocations
- find + noun
- find + adjective (find useful)
Word family
find verb (base)finds verb (3rd singular)finding verb (present participle)/nounfound verb (simple past/past participle)
Common mistakes
finded→found
have founded→have found
Say it for a higher band
5look for→6discover→7+find
Synonyms
discover
locate
Easily confused
discover
“Researchers discovered a correlation between the two variables.”
locate
“We located the file on the server.”
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