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say it: FAHYN-ding
finding is a noun meaning "the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation". It is pronounced /ˈfaɪndɪŋ/ — FAHYN-ding. It carries 3 recorded senses.
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
“the determination of molecular structures”
something that is found
“the findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner”
“an area rich in archaeological findings”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for finding come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.