findings
- 1Plural of finding.
The committee published its findings in a detailed report.
Her research findings surprised the whole department.
Note
The plural carries every sense of finding, but two dominate formal prose. In research, a study's findings are its results. In law, a judge, jury or regulatory agency issues findings on questions of fact. Either way it takes a plural verb: the findings are clear. In US and Canadian use, the same plural also names shoemaking supplies, which leads into the craftsperson's kit.
- 2The small tools and component materials that artisans and craftspeople use in making and assembling their work.
The bench was cluttered with findings: clasps, hooks, and tiny pliers.
She ordered a fresh set of findings before starting the necklace.
Similarsupplies, components, fittings
Note
A trade word that lives in the plural: clasps, hooks and small pliers are findings as a class, and the word takes a plural verb (the findings are on the bench). Quantities come through a container noun, as in a set of findings or a box of findings. Context separates it from research findings: a workbench or a necklace in the sentence points to this meaning.
findings is a form of finding
finding, noun: A conclusion or result reached through research or an investigation. Full entry
- Forms
- findingfindings plural
- Spelling
- finding → findings: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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