FINDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does finding mean? 

• FINDING (noun)
  The noun FINDING has 3 senses:

1. the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation

2. the decision of a court on issues of fact or law

3. something that is found

  Familiarity information: FINDING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FINDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

determination; finding

Context example:

the determination of molecular structures

Hypernyms ("finding" is a kind of...):

discovery; find; uncovering (the act of discovering something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "finding"):

designation; identification (the act of designating or identifying something)

resolution; solving (finding a solution to a problem)

proof; substantiation; validation (the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something)

disproof; falsification; falsifying; refutal; refutation (the act of determining that something is false)

fix; localisation; localization; locating; location (a determination of the place where something is)

predetermination (the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place)

rectification (determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve)

redetermination (determining again)

Derivation:

find (discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The decision of a court on issues of fact or law

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("finding" is a kind of...):

judgement; judgment; judicial decision ((law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "finding"):

finding of fact; verdict ((law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment)

conclusion of law; finding of law (a finding as to the applicability of a rule of law to particular facts)

Derivation:

find (decide on and make a declaration about)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Something that is found

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Context example:

an area rich in archaeological findings

Hypernyms ("finding" is a kind of...):

object; physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)

Derivation:

find (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study)

find (make a discovery, make a new finding)

find (discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of)

 Context examples 

I have very little difficulty in finding what I want, said I, for the facts are quite recent, and the matter struck me as remarkable.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He inquired how we were left, and on finding that we were very poor, he suggested that I should come and teach music to his only daughter, aged ten.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Besides, look at the way he barked. He was just bursting with joy. Joy over what? Without doubt at finding Mr. Miller.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

After a while, finding no response, I knocked and rang again; still no answer.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“You won’t be a thousand years in finding out, and in the meantime just pray for plenty of wind.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

There was little difficulty in finding him, for he inhabited one of those villas which I have mentioned.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was finding speech, and all the beauty and wonder that had been pent for years behind his inarticulate lips was now pouring forth in a wild and virile flood.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

My master, finding how profitable I was likely to be, resolved to carry me to the most considerable cities of the kingdom.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

She went off to get her ball, and was a long time finding it among the bushes, but she came back, looking cool and quiet, and waited her turn patiently.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

She had some satisfaction in finding that he was really going out of Bath the next morning, going early, and that he would be gone the greater part of two days.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)