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1. if you find work or employment, you get a job or some work. If you find someone to do a job, you employ them to do that job:
• Karen found a job with a major travel company after she completed her course.
• an assignment to find a chief executive for the American Council of Life Insurance
2. to discover or learn something by study or
research:
• We found 36% of customers interviewed said they had to wait between five and 10 minutes to be served.
• The survey found that these drivers were more likely to drive badly and break the law.
— findings noun [plural] :
• The findings show that 16 percent of students went on to take vocational or business courses.
• Following the on-site inspection, the findings are analysed and the surveyor prepares a written report.
3. LAW if someone
accused of a crime is found guilty or innocent, a court of law decides that they are guilty or innocent of that crime:
find be found guilty/innocent of something
• All the senior executives were found guilty of conspiring to mislead the markets during the £837 million Blue Arrow rights issue.
4. find for/against somebody LAW to decide in a court of law whether someone is innocent or guilty of a crime:
• The Board of Review allowed the taxpayer's appeal, but the High Court found for the Commissioner.
• If the court finds against the bank, its bosses might be replaced with central-bank appointees.
— finding noun [countable usually plural] :
• Accountants inevitably greeted the court's finding with some concern.
• If the appellant is dissatisfied with the findings of the Appeal Committee, he may seek judicial review of the decision in the courts.
5. COMPUTING if you find a computer file, you bring it up on your screen so that you can read it or write in it:
• Windows lets you find a file without having to remember which program you were using when you created it.
6. informal if you find an amount of money, you have enough money to allow you to do something:
• The first-time buyer has to find a deposit of 5% or more of the property price.
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Findings — refers to jewellery components used to create assembled jewellery.Elements considered findings include clasps, earwires, crimps, jumprings, link locks and beadtips.A single self contained (eg. cast, carved or pre assembled) decorative ornament… … Wikipedia
findings — noun a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes • Hypernyms: ↑collection, ↑aggregation, ↑accumulation, ↑assemblage * * * findings UK [ˈfaɪndɪŋz] US noun [plural] ★★ information that you… … Useful english dictionary
findings — find|ings [ faındıŋz ] noun plural ** information that you discover or opinions that you form after doing research: The government seems to have ignored the findings of its own report … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
findings */*/ — UK [ˈfaɪndɪŋz] / US noun [plural] information that you discover, or opinions that you form after doing research The government seems to have ignored the findings of its own report … English dictionary
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findings of fact — n. The conclusions of a judge, jury, or administrative tribunal regarding the underlying facts of the case under consideration. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000. findings of fact … Law dictionary
findings of fact and conclusions of law — index ruling Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
findings keepings — See also the preceding proverb (finders keepers). Cf. PLAUTUS Trinummus 1.63 habeas ut nanctu’s, he may keep that finds. The principle was current in England before the present formulation; 1595 A. COOKE Country Errors in Harley MS 5247 108v That … Proverbs new dictionary
findings — noun Small tools and materials used by artisans and craftsmen … Wiktionary
findings — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. data, discoveries, conclusions; see data , summary … English dictionary for students
