Meaning of FINDING
| Pronunciation: | | 'fInding
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- [n] the act of determining the properties of something
- [n] the decision of a court on issues of fact or law
- [n] something that is found; "the findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner"; "an area rich in archaelogical findings"
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| | Synonyms: | | determination |
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| | See Also: | | conclusion of law, designation, discovery, disproof, falsification, falsifying, find, finding of fact, finding of law, fix, identification, judgement, judgment, judicial decision, localisation, localization, locating, location, object, physical object, predetermination, proof, rectification, redetermination, refutation, resolution, solving, substantiation, uncovering, validation, verdict | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Find"ing\, n.
1. That which is found, come upon, or provided; esp. (pl.),
that which a journeyman artisan finds or provides for
himself; as tools, trimmings, etc.
When a man hath been laboring . . . in the deep
mines of knowledge, hath furnished out his findings
in all their equipage. --Milton.
2. Support; maintenance; that which is provided for one;
expence; provision.
3. (Law) The result of a judicial examination or inquiry,
especially into some matter of fact; a verdict; as, the
finding of a jury. --Burrill.
After his friends finding and his rent. --Chaucer.
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| | Definition: | | Formal conclusion by a judge or regulatory agency on issues of fact. Also, a conclusion by a jury regarding a fact. |
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| | Related Terms: | | accomplishment, accouterment, action, answer, armament, ascertainment, award, bonus, bringing to light, buried treasure, casual discovery, catching, catering, chance discovery, chandlery, clearing up, conclusion, condemnation, consideration, cracking, decipherment, decision, declaration, decoding, decree, deliverance, denouement, detection, determination, determining, diagnosis, dictum, disclosure, discovery, disentanglement, distinguishment, doom, end, end result, endowment, equipment, espial, excavation, exhumation, explanation, exposure, find, finding out, finding-out, fitting out, foundling, furnishing, furnishment, gravy, interpretation, invention, investment, issue, judgement, locating, location, logistics, lucky strike, order, outcome, outfitting, precedent, preparation, procurement, prognosis, pronouncement, providing, provision, provisioning, purveyance, reason, recognition, rediscovery, reinforcement, replenishment, resolution, resolving, result, resupply, retailing, revelation, riddling, ruling, selling, sentence, serendipity, solution, solving, sorting out, spotting, strike, subsidization, subsidy, subvention, supply, supplying, treasure trove, trouvaille, trove, uncovering, unearthing, unraveling, unriddling, unscrambling, unspinning, untangling, untwisting, unweaving, upshot, verdict, victualing, waifs, waifs and strays, windfall, windfall money, windfall profit, working, working-out |
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