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FINDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest
Synonyms:
finder; view finder; viewfinder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("finder" is a kind of...):
optical device (a device for producing or controlling light)
Holonyms ("finder" is a part of...):
camera; photographic camera (equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other))
gun-sight; gunsight (a sight used for aiming a gun)
scope; telescope (a magnifier of images of distant objects)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who is the first to observe something
Synonyms:
discoverer; finder; spotter
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("finder" is a kind of...):
beholder; observer; perceiver; percipient (a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "finder"):
co-discoverer (someone who is the first of two or more people to discover something)
Derivation:
find (perceive or be contemporaneous with)
find (discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of)
find (come upon, as if by accident; meet with)
find (come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Someone who comes upon something after searching
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("finder" is a kind of...):
quester; searcher; seeker (someone making a search or inquiry)
Derivation:
find (come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost)
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