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Meaning: Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study Classified under: Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing Synonyms: find out; determine; ascertain; find Context examples: find the product of two numbers / The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "find out"): locate; situate (determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey) admeasure (determine the quantity of someone's share) count; enumerate; number; numerate (determine the number or amount of) refract (determine the refracting power of (a lens)) sequence (determine the order of constituents in) redetermine (fix, find, or establish again) rectify (math: determine the length of) translate (determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA) gauge (determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation) Sentence frames: Somebody ----s something
Meaning: Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally Classified under: Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting Synonyms: get a line; get wind; get word; learn; find out; hear; discover; pick up; see Context examples: I learned that she has two grown-up children / I see that you have been promoted Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "find out"): get the goods (discover some bad or hidden information about) wise up (get wise to) catch; trip up (detect a blunder or misstep) ascertain (learn or discover with certainty) discover; find (make a discovery) Sentence frame: Somebody ----s something Sentence example: They find out that there was a traffic accident
Meaning: Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort Classified under: Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing Synonyms: ascertain; find out; learn; watch; determine; see; check Context examples: I want to see whether she speaks French / See whether it works / find out if he speaks Russian / Check whether the train leaves on time Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "find out"): test (determine the presence or properties of (a substance)) Sentence frame: Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE Sentence example: They find out whether there was a traffic accident
Meaning: Trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act Classified under: Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting Synonyms: catch out; find out Context examples: He was caught out / She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks Hypernyms (to "find out" is one way to...): detect; discover; find; notice; observe (discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of) Sentence frame: Somebody ----s somebody "Don't trudge mud into the house of love." (English proverb) "The wolf has a thick neck, because he does his job on his own." (Bulgarian proverb) "Wishing does not make a poor man rich." (Arabic proverb) "By firelight, an old rag looks like sturdy hemp fabric." (Corsican proverb)
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