finding

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪndɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪndɪŋ
• Hyphenation: find‧ing

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, 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, volume 15, page 246:

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

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

finding

1. present participle and gerund of find

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