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to refind

to refind

1 5.8
To find something again after you lose it
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈfaɪnd/
translation icon : reencontrar
  • She managed to refind her favorite book after searching the entire house.

I was just curious, like, how did you guys refind each other?

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Examples

  • "We want to refind the Valentine's spark because..."

  • You and your partner try and finish this sentence: "We want to refind the Valentine's spark because..."

  • "We want to refind the Valentine's spark because..."

  • "In terms of the terrible loss that anyone will feel when they first become disabled, 18 months is no time at all to refind yourself and make the decision that life is pointless," she says.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The paradox consists of the fact that when we fall in love, we are seeking to refind all or some of the people to whom we were attached as children.

    Academic text (1991)
  • It's riddled with pain, divorce, heartbreak, turmoil, and having to reinvent and refind herself time and time again.

  • After losing his keys, he had to refind them under the couch.

  • When I misplaced my glasses, it took me a while to refind them in my bag.

Synonyms

to rediscover
vsto refind
47 3.2

Find again a place, skill, or interest you forgot

recovers misplaced or lost physical items rather than things merely forgotten
to refound
vsto refind
5.8

To find something again after you lost it

has identical meaning but appears as an alternative form
to refetch
vsto refind
  • Specialized
5.9

To get information again from a server or page

locates lost or misplaced physical things rather than fetching data again

Antonyms

1.1

Fail to understand or follow what someone says

How Difficult

to recover
748 2.5
to reclaim
77 4.1
to refind
1 5.8
to retrieve
226 3.7
to find
1.0

Surface Forms

refind infinitive
refinding present participle
refinds third person singular
refound past
refound past participle

Morphology

refind = find (transparent) = re + find

This is a standard and easily interpretable use of 're-' meaning 'again' added to 'find'.

Etymology

Refind is formed from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the common verb find, so it simply means to 'find again' or to find something you have lost.