FIND OUT

Pronunciation (US):

• FIND OUT (verb)
  The verb FIND OUT has 4 senses:

1. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
2. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
3. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
4. trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act

  Familiarity information: FIND OUT used as a verb is uncommon.

• FIND OUT (verb)

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
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE

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