see also look for
D to find someone or
something that is lost
m opposite lose
find famd [и T] to find someone or some- thing that you have lost: I!ve looked everywhere but I can't find my sung/asses. I Have you found your passport yet? I The murder weapon ioas found in bushes nearby.
finding - found - have found
Qturn up /,tsrn лр [phrasa/ verb I] especially spoken if something that is lost turns up. someone finds it later in a place where they did not expect it to be: Don't worry about your earrings - I'm sure they'll turn up. I Have those files turned up yet?
trace -''treis/ [и T] to find someone or something by a careful process of asking a lot of people for information: Police are anxious to trace the owner of a red Ford, which was seen near the crime scene. I Mr Phi/jps is trying to trace his daughter, who has been missing for two months.
to find something that you need or want
opposite Lo$e 5
find faind [и T] to find something that you need, such as a job or a place to live: I'm only working here until I find something better to do. I It took us ages to find
somewhere to park. I We need to find a
new team coach.
be easy!difficultfhard to ^Lnd Apartments like this one are hard to find.
finding - found - have found
Q to find a place that you are trying to go to
find /faind. [v T] to find a place that you are trying to go to: Did you manage to find
the house OH?
be difficuLt/easy/kard to jind The hotel is easy to find, and is situated right in the centre of the city, find your way (=find the right way to go) The building was so big, I couldn't find
my way out. I It was my first visit to New York, but I managed to find my шау to the studio. finding - found - have found
В to find something new and important
find /faind/ [и T] to find important information, or think of a new way of doing something, after trying to do this for a long time: Medical researchers are deter mined to find a cure for cancer I They are trying to find cleaner ways of generating electricity. finding - found - have found
discover /dis'kAV3r [v T] to find an object, a substance, a place, information etc, which is important and which no-one knew about before: The planet Pluto was discovered in 1930. I Australian researchers have discovered a substance in coffee that acts like morphine.
FIND OUT
to get information about something
see also secret
to find out about something
find out I,faind aot/ [phrasal verb I/T) to get information about something, either by chance or by deliberately trying to get it: "Do you haue these shoes in a size 39?" "I'm not sure - I'll just go and find out."
find out what/where/whether etc I'll go and find out which platform the train leaves from. I Dad was really mad at me when he found out where Id been. + about He's trying to find out about Japanese classes. I If she ever finds out about this, she'll kill me! find out sth/find sth out Could you find out his address for me, please? I "John's been married twice " "How did
you find that out?"
+ (that) She found out that her husband was having an affair.
/dis'kAV3r/ [u T] to find something out, especially something that is surprising or something that is difficult to find out: Fire officers are still trying to discover the cause of the fire.
+ CtKat) I began to learn the guitar, and
discovered that I was pretty good at it. I
She discovered there was over £1000
missing from the cash box.
discover how/why/what etc They never
discovered who the murderer was.
/si:/ [t> I/T| to get the information that you want by going somewhere to look, or by doing something and noticing what happens: "Is he ready yet?" "/ don't know - I'll go and see: see if/whether Sharon, see if there's any beer in the fridge.
see how/where/what etc Can you just see who's at the door? I Let's see what happens if we add some oil.
seeing - saw - have seen
hear /Ыэг [v \/T] to be told about something: "Nina quit her job." "Yes, so I heard."
+ about He had heard about the accident from Helen.
+ (that) We heard there u;as a party at Bill's place, so we all went over there, hear what/how/whet her etc When will you hear whether you've got the job? hearing - heard - have heard
/«\ You can say I hear (that) when you
mean I have heard (that): I hear you're moving to Toronto. (=someone told me that you are moving)
/irid /famd/ [u Tj to find out a fact or find out that something is true, especially by asking questions
+ that The survey found that more than 50% of teenagers had been offered
drugs.
finding - found - have found
to try to find out about a crime, accident etc
investigate /m'vest^geit/ [v l/T] to try to find out the truth about a crime, an accident, or a problem, especially by using
FIND OUT
careful and thorough methods: Police are investigating an explosion at a city store. I lA/e sent our reporter, Michael Gore, to investigate.
A Don't say 'investigate into the
problem'. Say investigate the problem.
look into St К /,1ик intu: (sth)/' [phrasa/ verb T] if someone in an official position looks into a problem or bad situation, they try to find out more about it so that the situation can be improved: The manager promised to look into my complaint. I Police are looking into the possibility that the bomb warning was a hoax.
solve /sDlv||sa:lv, sdiIv/ \v T] if someone solves a crime or a mystery, they get all the information they need so that they can explain exactly what happened: Detectives are trying to sol ye the murder of a young girl.