Past tense of find
irregular verb
The past tense of find is found. The past participle is also found.
Forms of find
| Base form (V1) | find /ˈfɑjnd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | found /ˈfaʊ̯nd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | found /ˈfaʊ̯nd/ |
| Present participle | finding /ˈfaɪndɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | finds /faɪndz/ |
Less standard forms: fand (dialectal).
Found in a sentence
- I found this shell on the beach.
- I found my car keys. They were under the couch.
- They found only minute quantities of chemical residue on his clothing.From the entry minute
- Despite her proper upbringing, we found her manners to be terribly abrasive.From the entry abrasive
- The downy woodpecker can be found in the same environments as the hairy woodpecker.From the entry the
Meaning of find
- verb To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
- verb To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
- verb To locate on behalf of another.
Verbs like find
Questions about the past tense of find
- What is the past tense of find?
- The past tense of find is found.
- What is the past participle of find?
- The past participle of find is found.
- Is find a regular or irregular verb?
- Find is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
- Is fand correct?
- fand is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of find is found.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: find (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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