pathfind

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verb

To find the best route between two points.

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Meanings

verbpathfind (third-person singular simple present pathfinds, present participle pathfinding, simple past and past participle pathfound)

present singular third person pathfinds · participle present pathfinding · participle past pathfound · past pathfound

  1. intransitivecomputingTo find the best route between two points.

    If a villager cannot pathfind to its claimed site, both the site block and villager emit anger particles.

    2024 December 11 (last accessed), “Villager”, in Minecraft Wiki
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    If the warden has a targetable entity, is not investigating any disturbances, and is otherwise idle, it pathfinds toward the closest entity, prioritizing players over mobs.

    2023 October 20 (last accessed), “Warden”, in Minecraft Wiki

    Has a sense of smell. It can detect and pathfind toward the general location of a player or mob through a "smelling" action.

    2024 December 11 (last accessed), “Java Edition Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1”, in Minecraft Wiki

Origin

Back-formation from pathfinding, equivalent to path + find.

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APA

pathfind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathfind

MLA

“pathfind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathfind. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pathfind,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathfind.

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