finding

Plural: findings

Noun

• Something discovered or determined, often as a result of an inquiry.
• the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
• the decision of a court on issues of fact or law
• something that is found
  • "the findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner"
  • "an area rich in archaeological findings"
• A result of research or an investigation.
• 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.
• Tools or materials used in shoe making or repair.
• A self-contained component of assembled jewellery.

Verb

• come upon, as if by accident; meet with
• discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
• come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
• establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
• come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
• perceive or be contemporaneous with
• get something or somebody for a specific purpose
• make a discovery, make a new finding
• make a discovery
• obtain through effort or management
• decide on and make a declaration about
• receive a specified treatment (abstract)
• perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
• get or find back; recover the use of
• succeed in reaching; arrive at
• accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
• present participle and gerund of find

Examples

• The key finding of his analysis was the importance of vowel distribution.

Synonyms

ascertain, bump, chance, come up, detect, determination, determine, discover, encounter, feel, find, find oneself, find out, get, get hold, happen, incur, line up, notice, observe, obtain, receive, recover, regain, retrieve, rule, see, witness, serendipity

Antonyms

lose