fact-findv.
/ˈfak(t)ˌfʌɪnd/, U.S. /ˈfæk(t)ˌfaɪnd/ intransitive. To investigate something in order to establish the facts; to engage in fact-finding.
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?1930 Fourteenth Ann. Rep. Mass. Dept. Public Health, 1928 11 Add to this our legal responsibility to fact find in regard to causes of sickness among mothers and children and you have a large order.
1953 N.Y. Times 8 Feb. e1/4 Their mission was to fact-find on the problem of speeding the rearmament of Europe.
1993 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 6 Mar. a4/6 He has no cost figures on his proposal but the VA staff is now ‘fact-finding’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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v.?1930- strainful
- strainharden
- strainhardened
- straining
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- straining-bag
- straining-beam
- straining-cloth
- straining-frame
- straining-leather
- straining-piece
- straining-pillar
- straining-post
- straining-sill
- straining-spoon
- straining-tower
- straining-web
- strainingarch
- strainingbag
- strainingbeam
- strainingcloth
- strainingframe
- strainingleather
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- strainingpiece