Find vs. Findings — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Find and Findings
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Find
To come upon, often by accident; meet with
Found a dime on the floor.
Findings
Something that has been found.
Find
To come upon or discover by searching or making an effort
Finally found the leak in the pipe.
Findings
A conclusion reached after examination or investigation
The finding of a grand jury.
A coroner's findings.
Find
To discover or ascertain through observation, experience, or study
Found a solution.
Find the product of two numbers.
Found that it didn't really matter.
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Findings
A statement or document containing an authoritative decision or conclusion
A presidential finding that authorized the covert operation.
Find
To perceive to be, after experience or consideration
Found the gadget surprisingly useful.
Found the book entertaining.
Findings
Findings Small tools and materials used by an artisan
A jeweler's findings.
Find
To experience or feel
Found comfort in her smile.
Findings
Plural of finding
Find
To recover (something lost)
Found her keys.
Findings
Small tools and materials used by artisans and craftsmen
Find
To recover the use of; regain
Found my voice and replied.
Findings
A collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes
Find
To succeed in reaching; arrive at
The dart found its mark.
Find
To obtain or acquire by effort
Found the money by economizing.
Find
To decide on and make a declaration about
The jury deliberated and found a verdict of guilty.
Find
To furnish; supply
We can find a bed for you somewhere in the house.
Find
To bring (oneself) to an awareness of what one truly wishes to be and do in life.
Find
To perceive (oneself) to be in a specific place or condition
Found herself at home that night.
Found himself drawn to the stranger.
Find
To come to a legal decision or verdict
The jury found for the defendant.
Find
The act of finding.
Find
Something that is found, especially an unexpectedly valuable discovery
The Rosetta stone was a providential archaeological find.
Find
To locate
Find
(transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
I found this shell on the beach
Find
(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
I found my car keys. They were under the couch.
Find
(ditransitive) Locate on behalf of another
I found you a new place to live
Find
(ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
Water is found to be a compound substance.
Find
(transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
To find leisure; to find means
Find
(transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
Looks like he found a new vehicle for himself!
Find
(transitive) To point out.
He kept finding faults with my work.
Find
(ditransitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
I find your argument unsatisfactory.
Find
(transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
To find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person
Find
To supply; to furnish.
To find food for workmen
Find
To provide for
He finds his nephew in money.
Find
To determine or judge.
The jury finds for the defendant.
Find
To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.
Peters finds Jinkins, who is running down the left wing.
Find
To discover game.
Find
Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
Find
The act of finding.
Find
To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person.
Searching the window for a flint, I foundThis paper, thus sealed up.
In woods and forests thou art found.
Find
To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel.
The torrid zone is now found habitable.
Find
To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.
Seek, and ye shall find.
Every mountain now hath found a tongue.
Find
To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.
Wages £14 and all found.
Nothing a day and find yourself.
Find
To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person.
To find his title with some shows of truth.
Find
To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.
Find
Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archæologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.
Find
A productive insight
Find
The act of discovering something
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
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
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
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
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
Perceive or be contemporaneous with;
We found Republicans winning the offices
You'll see a lot of cheating in this school
I want to see results
The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions
I want to see results
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
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
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
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
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
Get or find back; recover the use of;
She regained control of herself
She found her voice and replied quickly
Find
Succeed in reaching; arrive at;
The arrrow found its mark
Find
Accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation;
My son went to Berkeley to find himself
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