FIND OUT
Dictionary entry overview: What does find out mean?
• 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.
Dictionary entry details
• 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
