Definitions for finding

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finding find·ing

Spelling: [fahyn-ding]

IPA: /ˈfaɪn dɪŋ/

Finding is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in finding (dfgiinn).

Definitions for finding

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that finds; discovery.
2. Often, findings. something that is found or ascertained.
3. Law. a decision or verdict after judicial inquiry.
4. findings, tools, materials, etc., used by artisans.
5. an act of finding or discovering.
6. something found; a discovery, especially a valuable or gratifying one:
7. Hunting. a discovery of game, especially foxes.

Idioms

1. find fault. fault (def 16).
2. find oneself, to discover where one's real interests or talents lie, and follow them:

Verb phrases

1. find out, to discover or confirm the truth of (something). to detect or expose, as a crime or offense. to uncover the true nature, identity, or intentions of (someone):

verb (used with object)

1. to come upon by chance; meet with:
2. to locate, attain, or obtain by search or effort:
3. to locate or recover (something lost or misplaced):
4. to discover or perceive after consideration:
5. to gain or regain the use of:
6. to ascertain by study or calculation:
7. to feel or perceive:
8. to become aware of, or discover (oneself), as being in a condition or location:
9. to discover:
10. Law. to determine after judicial inquiry: to pronounce as an official act (an indictment, verdict, or judgment).
11. to provide or furnish:
12. South Midland and Southern U.S. (of farm animals) to give birth to:

verb (used without object)

1. to determine an issue after judicial inquiry:
2. British Hunting. to come upon game.

Origin of finding

before 1000; Middle English, Old English; see find, -ing¹

Examples for finding

We have been most fortunate in finding water, and I am indeed very thankful for it.

At length, on finding the requisite water in its bed, I encamped.

finding the common bonds that help us realize that we have far more in common than that which separates us.

And there is definitely something to finding solace in food, familiarity, and memory.

finding his struggles useless, he resorted to expostulation.

finding a smuggler in Ventimiglia is easier than finding good food.

Subconsciously his busy ego was finding solace after last night's rebuff.

“We were finding people in possession of thousands of paper prescriptions,” he said.

finding the shop is a trip in itself and an introduction to a slice of history.

I could not succeed in finding the plant for which they had been digging.