find out

VERB
  1. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
    I see that you have been promoted
    I learned that she has two grown-up children
  2. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
    Check whether the train leaves on time
    See whether it works
    I want to see whether she speaks French
    find out if he speaks Russian
  3. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
    find the product of two numbers
    The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
  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
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How To Use find out In A Sentence

  • Let's find out what's coming up in a few minutes on "PAULA ZAHN NOW" -- Paula. CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2006
  • And if you ever attempt to go forth again to find out new wonders in the world, I shall clasp you round with my arms, as I do now, and keep you prisoner against your will; and if you say 'Farewell' a hundred times to me, I shall blot out that sad word every time with my lips, and put a better one in its place, until my word conquers yours. A Crystal Age
  • He visited a specialist yesterday to find out whether he requires surgery. Times, Sunday Times
  • Oddly, these TV wreck detectives are always trying to find out something which the experienced real divers nannying them around the wreck discovered when they first dived the ship 20 years ago.
  • It would be interested to find out if this study separated San Jose/Silicon Valley MSA from the San Francisco/San Mateo/Marin MSA. The High-Tech Job Capital Is…The Big Apple? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
  • The investigation will try to find out where the guilt for the disaster really lies.
  • Staff are still collating signatures to find out exactly how many people took part.
  • I even recently used the app to find out that the houseplant in my room is native to southeast Asia. David Kroodsma: Your iPhone: A Crowd-Sourced Field Guide to Save the Planet
  • Instead, I'd gambled all my sweetness only to find out I was disposable.
  • She has spent so much time in there, her entourage have been forced to speak to her stylist and hairdresser to find out how she is. The Sun
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