Quelle est la conjugaison de find en anglais ? Quels sont les définitions, expressions, phrasal verbs et synonymes liés à ce verbe ? Fiche complète !
Tableaux de conjugaison de find en anglais
Conjugaison du verbe find à l’indicatif
Le verbe find au present simple
- I find
- You find
- He/she/it finds
- We find
- You find
- They find
Le verbe find au present continuous
- I am finding
- You are finding
- He/she/it is finding
- We are finding
- You are finding
- They are finding
Le verbe find past simple
- I found
- You found
- He/she/it found
- We found
- You found
- They found
Le verbe find au past continuous
- I was finding
- You were finding
- He/she/it was finding
- We were finding
- You were finding
- They were finding
Le verbe find au present perfect
- I have found
- You have found
- He/she/it has found
- We have found
- You have found
- They have found
Le verbe find au present perfect continuous
- I have been finding
- You have been finding
- He/she/it has been finding
- We have been finding
- You have been finding
- They have been finding
Le verbe find au past perfect
- I had found
- You had found
- He/she/it had found
- We had found
- You had found
- They had found
Le verbe find au past perfect continuous
- I had been finding
- You had been finding
- He/she/it had been finding
- We had been finding
- You had been finding
- They had been finding
Le verbe find au future
- I will find
- You will find
- He/she/it will find
- We will find
- You will find
- They will find
Le verbe find au future continuous
- I will be finding
- You will be finding
- He/she/it will be finding
- We will be finding
- You will be finding
- They will be finding
Le verbe find au future perfect
- I will have found
- You will have found
- He/she/it will have found
- We will have found
- You will have found
- They will have found
Le verbe find au future perfect continuous
- I will have been finding
- You will have been finding
- He/she/it will have been finding
- We will have been finding
- You will have been finding
- They will have been finding
Conjugaison du verbe find au conditionnel
Le verbe find au conditional present
- I would find
- You would find
- He/she/it would find
- We would find
- You would find
- They would find
Le verbe find au conditional present continuous
- I would be finding
- You would be finding
- He/she/it would be finding
- We would be finding
- You would be finding
- They would be finding
Le verbe find au conditional perfect
- I would have found
- You would have found
- He/she/it would have found
- We would have found
- You would have found
- They would have found
Le verbe find au conditional perfect continuous
- I would have been finding
- You would have been finding
- He/she/it would have been finding
- We would have been finding
- You would have been finding
- They would have been finding
Les autres formes
L’infinitif de find
- to find
Participe présent de find
- finding
Participe passé de find
- found
L’impératif de find
- find
- let’s find
À l’image de to feel, to drink, to bear, to sing et to lose, to find est un verbe irrégulier. Vous devez donc faire particulièrement attention aux terminaisons du passé.
Définition de find en anglais
Que veut dire le verbe find en anglais ?
Le Cambridge Dictionary donne plusieurs définitions du verbe find.
Penchons-nous sur les principales :
1. To discover, especially where a thing or person is, either unexpectedly or by searching, or to discover where to get or how to achieve something
You’ll find the information you need on our website.
→ Vous trouverez les informations dont vous avez besoin sur notre site.
2. To realize that something exists or has happened
We arrived at 6:30 pm, only to find that everyone had gone.
→ Nous sommes arrivés à 18h30 pour constater que tout le monde était parti.
3. To think or feel a particular way about someone or something
I find her amazing.
→ Je la trouve géniale.
4. To make a judgment in a law court
He was found guilty and sentenced to a year in jail.
→ Il a été déclaré coupable et condamné à un an de prison.
5. To find someone means to meet someone you can have a close, loving relationship with
I have found my soulmate on a dating app.
→ J’ai trouvé mon âme soeur sur une appli de rencontre.
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Les phrasal verbs avec find en anglais
Rappel : les phrasal verbs (ou “verbes à particule”) sont des verbes qui, lorsqu’ils sont suivis d’un autre mot (la particule), voient leur sens initial complété ou modifié.
Il existe quatre phrasal verbs formés sur le verbe find :
- find against somebody → se prononcer contre quelqu’un (vocabulaire juridique)
- find for somebody → se prononcer en faveur de quelqu’un (vocabulaire juridique)
- find out about something/somebody → se renseigner sur, se procurer des informations surquelque chose ou quelqu’un
- find something out → découvrir, apprendre quelque chose
Les synonymes de find en anglais
En fonction du contexte, vous pouvez remplacer le verbe to find par l’un des verbes suivants :
- detect → détecter
- discover → découvrir
- distinguish → distinguer
- encounter → rencontrer (une difficulté), trouver
- identify → identifier
- locate → localiser
- pinpoint → identifier, mettre le doigt sur
- spot → repérer
Expressions avec find en anglais
- a lucky find → une trouvaille (familier)
- find a job → trouver un travail
- find a way → trouver une solution
- find fault → trouver quelque chose à redire
- find favor (anglais américain) / favour (anglais britannique) with somebody → trouver grâce aux yeux de quelqu’un
- find solace in something → trouver du réconfort dans quelque chose
- find something out the hard way → apprendre quelque chose à ses dépens
- find true love → trouver le grand amour
- find your bearings → se repérer
- find your groove → trouver sa voie (trouver sa passion, par exemple)
- please find attached → veuillez trouver ci-joint (dans un e-mail)