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to refound

5.8

To find something again after you lost it

verb
/riːˈfaʊnd/

: reencontrar

After hours of searching, she finally refound her missing necklace under the couch.

And circumstances like I refound her.

Examples

I refound my lost wallet yesterday.
I was relieved to have refound the document I thought I had lost.
He refound his childhood home while traveling through the old neighborhood.
They refound their enthusiasm for the project after a long break.
Did you refound your keys?
After hours of searching, she finally refound her missing necklace under the couch.
He refound his old toy while cleaning out the attic.

Synonyms

to find

vsto refound

∞ 1.0

To get back an ability, feeling, or quality you had before

is limited to finding physical lost items rather than regaining abilities

to rediscover

vsto refound

47 3.2

Find again a place, skill, or interest you forgot

is about finding things lost rather than remembering after forgetting

to reacquire

vsto refound

5 5.5

To get something back after you lose or give it up

is about finding something again rather than actively buying or obtaining it

to refind

vsto refound

1 5.8

To find something again after you lose it

is the same meaning but a different form of the word

Antonyms

to lose

∞ 1.0

Not be able to find something you once had

Surface Forms

refound infinitive

refounded past

refounded past participle

refounding present participle

refounds third person singular

Morphology

refound = find (opaque) = re + found

Although the intended meaning is 'find again', modern learners are unlikely to derive it because the visible form 'found' is usually associated with 'establish' and the link to 'find' depends on an irregular stem.

Etymology

Refound can also be read as re- 'again' plus found, which here is the past of find meaning 'to come upon' or 'get back'. So to refound in this sense is to 'find again'.