find vs notice what difference
what is difference between find and notice
English
Etymology
From Middle English finden, from Old English findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną (compare West Frisian fine, Low German finden, Dutch vinden, German finden, Danish finde, Norwegian Bokmål finne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish finna), a secondary verb from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path bridge”), *póntoh₁s (compare English path, Old Irish étain (“I find”), áitt (“place”), Latin pōns (“bridge”), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos, “sea”), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “ford”), Avestan ???????????????????? (paṇtā̊), Sanskrit पथ (pathá, “path”)), Proto-Slavic *pǫtь.
Pronunciation
- enPR: fīnd, IPA(key): /faɪnd/
- Rhymes: -aɪnd
- Homophone: fined
Verb
find (third-person singular simple present finds, present participle finding, simple past found or (dialectal) fand, past participle found or (archaic) founden)
- (transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
- a. 1667, Abraham Cowley, The Request
- Among the Woods and Forests thou art found.
- a. 1667, Abraham Cowley, The Request
- (transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
- (ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
- (transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
- (transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
- (transitive) To point out.
- (ditransitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
- 1647, Abraham Cowley, The Request
- The torrid zone is now found habitable.
- 1647, Abraham Cowley, The Request
- (transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
- (transitive, archaic) To supply; to furnish.
- (transitive, archaic) To provide for
- 1871, Charles Kingsley, At Last: a Christmas in the West Indies
- Nothing a day and find yourself.
- 1892, W. E. Swanton, Notes on New Zealand
- the pay is good, the musterer receiving ten shillings a day, and all found, all the time he is engaged on the “run,” even should he be compelled to remain idle on account of rain or mist.
- 1871, Charles Kingsley, At Last: a Christmas in the West Indies
- (intransitive, law) To determine or judge.
- (intransitive, hunting) To discover game.
- 1945, Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit of Love, Penguin 2010, page 57:
- They found at once, and there was a short sharp run, during which Linda and Tony, both in a somewhat showing-off mood, rode side by side over the stone walls.
- 1945, Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit of Love, Penguin 2010, page 57:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:deem
Antonyms
- lose
Derived terms
- befind
- findable
- finder
- hard-to-find
- viewfinder
- unfindable
Related terms
See also finding and found
Translations
Noun
find (plural finds)
- Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
- The act of finding.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
- (anything found): discovery, catch
Translations
Further reading
- find in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- find in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- NFID
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fend/, [fenˀ]
- Rhymes: -end
Verb
find
- imperative of finde
Middle English
Noun
find (plural findes)
- Alternative form of feend
English
Alternative forms
- not. (abbreviation)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French notice, from the Latin notitia.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊtɪs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnoʊtɪs/, [ˈnoʊɾɪs]
- Hyphenation: no‧tice
Noun
notice (countable and uncountable, plural notices)
- (chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
- How ready is envy to mingle with the notices which we take of other persons?
- (countable) A written or printed announcement.
- (countable) A formal notification or warning.
- (chiefly uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.
- (countable) A published critical review of a play or the like.
- 1989, The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1920- (volume 18, page 167)
- The first-night audience, yes. The first-night reviewers, not exactly. The notices have so far been mixed, only The Financial Times having delivered itself of an unequivocal rave.
- 1989, The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1920- (volume 18, page 167)
- (uncountable) Prior notification.
- (dated) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
Synonyms
- (attention): heed, regard; see also Thesaurus:attention
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
notice (third-person singular simple present notices, present participle noticing, simple past and past participle noticed)
- (transitive, now rare) To remark upon; to mention. [from 17th c.]
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 88:
- Numberless are the arguments […] that men have used morally and physically, to degrade the sex. I must notice a few.
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 88:
- (transitive) To become aware of; to observe. [from 17th c.]
- 1991, Gregory Widen, Backdraft
- So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
- 1991, Gregory Widen, Backdraft
- (obsolete, transitive) To lavish attention upon; to treat (someone) favourably. [17th–19th c.]
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, vol. I, ch. 3
- She would notice her; she would improve her; she would detach her from her bad acquaintance, and introduce her into good society; she would form her opinions and her manners.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, vol. I, ch. 3
- (intransitive) To be noticeable; to show. [from 20th c.]
- 1954, Barbara Comyns, Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead, Dorothy 2010, p. 9:
- The blackness didn’t notice so much when she was born; but it’s unmistakeable now.
- 1954, Barbara Comyns, Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead, Dorothy 2010, p. 9:
Synonyms
- recognize
Antonyms
- ignore
- neglect
Translations
Anagrams
- conite, ecotin, neotic, noetic
French
Etymology
From Latin notitia
Pronunciation
Noun
notice f (plural notices)
- instruction
- Avez-vous lu la notice avant de monter le meuble?
Further reading
- “notice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).