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finding

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfaɪndɪŋ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈfaɪndɪŋ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fīn′ding)

From the verb find: (⇒ conjugate)
finding is: ⓘClick the infinitive to see all available inflections
v pres p

Collocations for "finding"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "finding" in context.

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find

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
v
  1. find a [penny, wallet, watch]
  2. find your (lost) [keys, phone, wallet]
  3. have you found your [keys]?
  4. I can't find my [keys]
  5. found (it) [under, in, inside, next to, behind]
  6. find it [again, later]
  7. [can, should, will] find it
  8. let me help you find it
  9. [police, researchers, scientists] are trying to find
  10. find a [cure for, way to]
  11. find [information, answers, clues, hints]
  12. find the [best, worst] possible way
  13. find [peace, calm, disclosure]
  14. find by [category, price]
  15. found in [Canada, the ground, her purse]
  16. nowhere to be found
  17. found her [crying, bleeding, laughing]
  18. find it [funny, interesting] that
  19. find it [interesting, sad, difficult] (to)
  20. find him [attractive, boring, great company]
  21. find him [extremely, incredibly, so] [attractive]
  22. found [guilty, not guilty]
  23. find out the [truth, ending, news]
  24. find out [what, how, about, who]
n
  1. the [car, house, job] was a real find
  2. [she, your husband] is a real find
  3. [remarkable, spectacular, unique, valuable] finds
  4. [remarkable] finds in [Egypt, the cave, the ocean, the ruins]
'finding' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "finding" in the title:

...close to finding the killer - English Only forum
'Finding Dory' Set to Break the Animated Opening Weekend Record - English Only forum
'help' vs 'help out ; help me out <finding> - English Only forum
'It's about finding the right side of wrongness' - English Only forum
a better than 2-1 chance of finding a husband - English Only forum
a clear pattern, with those…finding… - English Only forum
a finding governments around the world need to... - English Only forum
a finding of mirabilis - English Only forum
a finding that flies in the face of a Statistics Canada report - English Only forum
a problem <to which><where> finding an answer to is difficult. - English Only forum
A progress has been made to cure toward finding a cure for AIDS - English Only forum
A thank-you for finding me - English Only forum
A traffic warden, finding an empty car - English Only forum
a verb for finding and bringing something to me? - English Only forum
about whom I had <lately been finding> <found> myself thinking - English Only forum
Aiming/Aimed at finding a job, she went to London. - English Only forum
aims at finding /aims to find - English Only forum
all the way [to] finding work outside - English Only forum
and involve finding - English Only forum
as Keona <fell><was falling> she <found><was finding> - English Only forum
be finding - English Only forum
be that> talking ... or finding - English Only forum
before this finding - English Only forum
being polite, and finding out - English Only forum
by finding half-buried references to ... and even prophetic hints of... - English Only forum
by showing ... <and> by finding ... - English Only forum
can't help finding out (intonation) - English Only forum
chances of finding a suitable job are quite bleak - English Only forum
consist of finding - English Only forum
consistent finding - English Only forum
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