Finding can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
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| find - come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!" | ||
| find - come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining" | ||
| find - come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" | ||
| find - perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place; "I found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room" | ||
| find - obtain through effort or management; "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college" | ||
| find - succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrow found its mark" | ||
| find - discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint" | ||
| find - establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" | ||
| find - make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle" | ||
| find - make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover" | ||
| find - get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" | ||
| find - perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results" | ||
| find - decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty" | ||
| find - receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" | ||
| find - accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself" | ||
| find - get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter" | ||
Noun |
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| finding - the decision of a court on issues of fact or law | ||
| finding - something that is found; "the findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner"; "an area rich in archaeological findings" | ||
| finding - the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation; "the determination of molecular structures" |
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| 1. | noun | This is not a post about fault-finding or assigning blame. | |
| 2. | noun | The reported finding at Dugway undermines the argument of both the "bomb Iraq" crowd and the liberals focused on Dr. Steve Hatfill who object to US biodefense research because they view it as being useful for offensive purposes. | |
| 3. | noun | Most scientists think little of his finding. | |
| 4. | noun | He had no luck in finding work. | |
| 5. | noun | One finding to emerge was that critical features differ between species. | |
| 6. | noun | Stop finding fault with others. | |
| 7. | noun | It was the court's finding that the witness committed perjury. | |
| 8. | noun | It won't be easy finding someone who is qualified to take his place. | |
| 9. | noun | The finding of God is coming to one's self. | |
| 10. | noun | Stop finding fault with my every word. | |
| 11. | noun | If you know Spanish well, you'll have no problems with looking for a job. But some with finding one. | |
| 12. | noun | The spiritual journey does not consist of arriving at a new destination where a person gains what he did not have, or becomes what he is not. It consists in the dissipation of one's own ignorance concerning one's self and life, and gradual growth of that understanding, which begins a spiritual awakening. The finding of God is coming to one's self. | |
| 13. | noun | He tried to use my computer without my finding out about it. | |
| 14. | noun | This is a significant finding. | |
| 15. | noun | Tom had trouble finding work. | |
| 16. | verb | The Texas Education Reform Caucus is made up of business leaders, educators, and elected officials dedicated to finding common sense approaches to improving education in Texas. | |
| 17. | verb | The administration is hell bent on finding a "fall guy." | |
| 18. | verb | Peggy is finding out where WD #143 pumps to onshore. | |
| 19. | verb | Finding a balance between your personal and professional lives may be one of the year's strongest challenges. | |
| 20. | verb | You might have to make your own nightlife by finding an izakaya (pub) somewhere. | |
| 21. | verb | This would be on a walk-in basis as we want to have the freedom of finding a place that looks good (Not relying on pictures from the internet) and is in a spot we like. | |
| 22. | verb | They are dependable, have great connections in the community, and are a great resource for finding a job. | |
| 23. | verb | The staff was very helpful in finding the right dog for me and the care my pup received was outstanding. | |
| 24. | verb | So Handy for Local La Jolla Stuff - Especially for Finding Residential Numbers. | |
| 25. | verb | the only down fall of this pho house is the difficulty in finding parking in chinatown. | |
| 26. | verb | after finding the car i wanted they took the time to go over each step and making it as painless as possible. | |
| 27. | verb | To date they have not made good by either finding the key or paying for a new one. | |
| 28. | verb | You're always finding fault with me. | |
| 29. | verb | You are always finding fault with me. | |
| 30. | verb | I had no difficulty in finding his office. |
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| noun | |
| This is not a post about fault-finding or assigning blame. |
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| The reported finding at Dugway undermines the argument of both the "bomb Iraq" crowd and the liberals focused on Dr. Steve Hatfill who object to US biodefense research because they view it as being useful for offensive purposes. |
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| Most scientists think little of his finding. | |
| He had no luck in finding work. | |
| One finding to emerge was that critical features differ between species. | |
| Stop finding fault with others. | |
| It was the court's finding that the witness committed perjury. | |
| It won't be easy finding someone who is qualified to take his place. | |
| The finding of God is coming to one's self. | |
| Stop finding fault with my every word. | |
| If you know Spanish well, you'll have no problems with looking for a job. But some with finding one. | |
| The spiritual journey does not consist of arriving at a new destination where a person gains what he did not have, or becomes what he is not. It consists in the dissipation of one's own ignorance concerning one's self and life, and gradual growth of that understanding, which begins a spiritual awakening. The finding of God is coming to one's self. | |
| He tried to use my computer without my finding out about it. | |
| This is a significant finding. | |
| Tom had trouble finding work. | |
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| The Texas Education Reform Caucus is made up of business leaders, educators, and elected officials dedicated to finding common sense approaches to improving education in Texas. |
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| The administration is hell bent on finding a "fall guy." |
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| Peggy is finding out where WD #143 pumps to onshore. |
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| Finding a balance between your personal and professional lives may be one of the year's strongest challenges. |
|
| You might have to make your own nightlife by finding an izakaya (pub) somewhere. |
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| This would be on a walk-in basis as we want to have the freedom of finding a place that looks good (Not relying on pictures from the internet) and is in a spot we like. |
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| They are dependable, have great connections in the community, and are a great resource for finding a job. |
|
| The staff was very helpful in finding the right dog for me and the care my pup received was outstanding. |
|
| So Handy for Local La Jolla Stuff - Especially for Finding Residential Numbers. |
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| the only down fall of this pho house is the difficulty in finding parking in chinatown. |
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| after finding the car i wanted they took the time to go over each step and making it as painless as possible. |
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| To date they have not made good by either finding the key or paying for a new one. |
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| You're always finding fault with me. | |
| You are always finding fault with me. | |
| I had no difficulty in finding his office. | |