find out

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verb

1. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study (Freq. 33)
- find the product of two numbers
- The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
• Syn:
determine, find, ascertain
• Derivationally related forms:
ascertainable (for: ascertain), find (for: find), finding (for: find), determination (for: determine)
• Hyponyms:
gauge, translate, rectify, redetermine, sequence,
refract, count, number, enumerate, numerate, admeasure,
situate, locate
• Verb Group:
determine, check, see, ascertain, watch,
learn, discover, find
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
2. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally (Freq. 17)
- I learned that she has two grown-up children
- I see that you have been promoted
• Syn:
learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up,
get a line, discover, see
• Derivationally related forms:
discovery (for: discover)
• Hyponyms:
get the goods, wise up, trip up, catch, ascertain,
discover, find
• Verb Group:
witness, find, see
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE (for: see)
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE (for: discover)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: get a line)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: get wind)
- Somebody ----s (for: get word)
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE (for: hear)
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE (for: learn)
- They find out that there was a traffic accident
3. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
determine, check, see, ascertain, watch, learn
• Derivationally related forms:
ascertainable (for: ascertain), check (for: check), determination (for: determine)
• Hyponyms:
test
• Verb Group:
see, check, insure, see to it, ensure,
control, ascertain, assure, determine, find
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
- They find out whether there was a traffic accident
4. trap;
especially in an error or in a reprehensible act
- He was caught out
- She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks
• Syn:
catch out
• Hypernyms:
detect, observe, find, discover, notice
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody