finding

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
noun the decision of a court on issues of fact or law
noun something that is found

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

THE FINDING OF THE DIAMOND. — The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins
It was the Gift of Finding Things! — Fairy Prince and Other Stories, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
An estimate dress from Madame Murphy--sixty-five with findings. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown

determination

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