finding

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪndɪŋ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪndɪŋ
• Hyphenation: find‧ing

Noun

finding (plural findings)

1. A result of research or an investigation.
2. (law) 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. (Canada, US, generally plural) Tools or materials used in shoe making or repair. [from 19th century]
   • 1844, John O’Brien, O’Brien’s Philadelphia Wholesale Business Directory‎^[1], page 72:

     Boot and Shoe Findings and Leather Establishments […] Yocum & Wilson, 225 n 2d st, Shoe Findings, Leather, Last, and Shoe Peg Warehouse

6. (jewelry) A self-contained component of assembled jewellery. [from 19th century]
   • 1884, “The Dennison Manufacturing Company”, in The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review‎^[2], volume 15, page 246:

     They manufacture jewlers’ findings, morocco, plush and velvet jewelry cases, paper boxes, morocco boxes, jewelry cards, tags, etc.

Synonyms

• (act or instance of discovering or finding something by chance): serendipity

Derived terms

• fact-finding
• fault-finding, faultfinding
• findings
• key finding
• theft by finding
• wayfinding

 

Translations

result of research or an investigation

• Afrikaans: bevinding
• Bulgarian: намиране n (namirane), откриване (bg) n (otkrivane)
• Czech: zjištění (cs) n
• Dutch: vinding (nl) f
• Esperanto: trovo (eo)
• Finnish: löydös (fi), tutkimustulos (fi)
• French: découverte (fr) f, résultat (fr) m
• German: Befund (de) m
• Hungarian: lelet (hu)
• Italian: ritrovamento (it) m
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: زانراو (zanraw)

• Polish: znalezisko (pl) c (archeological), odkrycie (pl) c
• Spanish: descubrimiento (es) m
• Ukrainian: відкриття́ (vidkryttjá), зна́хідка (znáxidka)

conclusion on issues of fact

• Indonesian: amar putusan
• Italian: riscontro (it) m, risultato (it) m

act or instance of discovering or finding something by chance

• French: trouvaille (fr) f
• German: Fund (de) m

self-contained component of assembled jewellery

• Finnish: korutarvike

Verb

finding

1. present participle and gerund of find

References

• “finding, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2016.