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Definition of Find out
1. Verb. Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study. "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
Specialized synonyms: Gauge, Translate, Rectify, Redetermine, Sequence, Refract, Count, Enumerate, Number, Numerate, Admeasure, Locate, Situate
Related verbs: Ascertain, Check, Determine, Learn, See, Watch, Discover, Find
Derivative terms: Ascertainable, Determination, Determination, Find, Finding
2. Verb. Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally. "They find out that there was a traffic accident "; "I see that you have been promoted"
Specialized synonyms: Get The Goods, Wise Up, Catch, Trip Up, Ascertain, Discover, Find
Related verbs: Find, See, Witness
Derivative terms: Discovery, Discovery, Discovery
3. Verb. Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort. "They find out whether there was a traffic accident"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
Related verbs: Ascertain, Assure, Check, Control, Ensure, Insure, See, See To It, Ascertain, Determine, Find
Specialized synonyms: Test
Derivative terms: Ascertainable, Check, Determination
4. Verb. Trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act. "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks"
Definition of Find out
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To discover, as by asking or exploring. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Find Out
Literary usage of Find out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"ANONYMOUS LOVE WILL find out THE WAY OVER the mountains And over the waves, Under
the fountains And under the graves; Under floods that arc deepest, ..."
2. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs edited by Thomas Percy (1900)
"... And under the graves; Under floods that are deepest; 5 Which Neptune obey;
Over rocks that are steepest, Love will find out the way. ..."
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