finding
noun
uk
/ˈfaɪn.dɪŋ/ us
/ˈfaɪn.dɪŋ/finding noun (DISCOVERY)
[ C ]
a piece of information that is discovered during an official examination of a problem, situation, or object:
- These new findings turn the accepted theories on their head.
- The findings of the survey puzzle me - they're not at all what I would have expected.
- The methodology and findings of the research team have been criticized.
- These findings are inconsistent with those of previous studies.
- The survey's finding is likely to increase the pressure on the local authorities.
- alight on something phrasal verb
- ascertain
- break (fresh/new) ground idiom
- breakthrough
- bring something to light idiom
- flush someone/something out phrasal verb
- fossick
- found
- geocache
- geocaching
- homing
- pinpoint
- plumb
- rake something out phrasal verb
- red-handed
- rediscover
- rediscovery
- refind
- sniff
- suss