finder
pronunciation
How to pronounce finder in British English:
UK [ˈfaɪndə(r)]
How to pronounce finder in American English:
US [ˈfaɪndɚ]
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- Noun:
- someone who comes upon something after searching
- someone who is the first to observe something
- optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest
Word Origin
- finder (n.)
- c. 1300, agent noun from find (v.).
Example
- 1. Internet dating sites and special " finder " phone apps such as grindr now play a huge part in helping people contact like-minded partners .
- 2. For mac users , it 's dead simple -- just install netatalk , which will automatically pop up your ipad in the finder 's sharing list .
- 3. The north carolina branch recently launched a " tea party finder " web site advertised as " a hub for all the tea parties in north carolina . "
- 4. It was , in fact , what had first caught my attention , so many years ago , in that final page of " speak , memory " : " something in a scrambled picture ...... that the finder cannot unsee once it has been seen . " It was , quite simply , the moment of departure .