finding
English
/ˈfaɪndɪŋ/
noun
Definitions
- A result of research or an investigation.
- (legal) A formal conclusion by a judge, jury or regulatory agency on issues of fact.
- That which is found, a find, a discovery.
- The act of discovering something by chance, an instance of finding something by chance.
- (North America) Tools or materials used in shoe making or repair.
- A self-contained component of assembled jewellery.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fyndyng, finden inherited from Old English findan, findincge affix from English find.
Origin
English
find
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- befind English
- counterfinding English
- fault English
- faultfind English
- faultfinding English
- find English
- findability English
- findable English
- finder English
- findest English
- findeth English
- findfault English
- findless English
- findspot English
- fish English
- fishfinding English
- halo English
- halofinding English
- newfind English
- nonfinding English
- outfind English
- path English
- pathfinding English
- range English
- rangefinding English
- refind English
- root English
- rootfinding English
- unfindability English
- way English
- wayfinding English
- word English
- wordfinding English
- findan, findincge Old English
- finden Middle English
- fyndyng, finden Middle English
- ffeindio Welsh