finding

A result of research or an investigation.

Noun

  1. A result of research or an investigation.
  2. A formal conclusion by a judge, jury or regulatory agency on issues of fact.
  3. That which is found, a find, a discovery.
  4. The act of discovering something by chance, an instance of finding something by chance.
  5. Tools or materials used in shoe making or repair. [from 19th century]
    • Boot and Shoe Findings and Leather Establishments[…] Yocum & Wilson, 225 n 2d st, Shoe Findings, Leather, Last, and Shoe Peg Warehouse - 1844, John O’Brien, O’Brien’s Philadelphia Wholesale Business Directory, page 72:
  6. A self-contained component of assembled jewellery. [from 19th century]
    • They manufacture jewlers’ findings, morocco, plush and velvet jewelry cases, paper boxes, morocco boxes, jewelry cards, tags, etc. - 1884, “The Dennison Manufacturing Company”, in The Jewelers' Circular and Horological...

Origin

From Middle English fyndyng, Old English findincge; equivalent to find + -ing.

Forms

findings

Synonyms

serendipity

Derived

counterfinding fact-finding fault-finding faultfinding finding aid findings fishfinding halofinding key finding nonfinding pathfinding rangefinding rootfinding theft by finding wayfinding wordfind

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of find