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Synonyms for find out
find out
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
find out
Of human actions or character, detect is used, almost without exception, in a bad sense; discover may be used in either the good or the bad sense, oftener in the good; he was detected in a fraud; real merit is sure to be discovered. In scientific language, detect is used of delicate indications that appear in course of careful watching; as, a slight fluttering of the pulse could be detected. We discover what has existed but has not been known to us; we invent combinations or arrangements not before in use; Columbus discovered America; Morse invented the electric telegraph. Find is the most general word for every means of coming to know what was not before certainly known. A man finds in the road some stranger's purse, or finds his own which he is searching for. The expert discovers or detects an error in an account; the auditor finds the account to be correct. Compare DISCERN.
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Synonyms:
ascertain, descry, detect, discern, disclose, discover, expose, ferret out, find, invent
Princeton's WordNet
determine, find, find out, ascertainverb
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"
Synonyms:
influence, detect, recover, settle, ensure, square up, find oneself, hear, shape, get, get hold, fix, find, retrieve, get word, square off, rule, notice, regulate, determine, see, get wind, come up, define, specify, line up, assure, control, encounter, happen, watch, receive, feel, incur, mold, observe, get a line, see to it, make up one's mind, witness, decide, catch out, pick up, ascertain, obtain, bump, limit, set, learn, regain, chance, discover, insure, checklearn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, seeverb
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
"I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
Synonyms:
turn around, ensure, read, pick up, collar, unwrap, key out, reveal, look, experience, get word, visualise, come upon, watch, assure, memorise, fancy, intoxicate, go steady, distinguish, disclose, learn, chance upon, receive, instruct, run into, discover, light upon, escort, try, perk, fall upon, lift up, con, uplift, reckon, give away, take heed, consider, gain vigor, study, name, come across, get a line, elate, collect, chance on, bring out, divulge, take care, let on, control, ascertain, insure, attend, date, realize, check, peck, interpret, meet, image, larn, gather up, strike, take, catch, see to it, cop, see, listen, construe, regard, visualize, describe, picture, find, catch out, call for, perk up, visit, identify, view, project, percolate, arrest, let out, hear, realise, go out, envision, happen upon, determine, take in, nab, get wind, nail, encounter, figure, acquire, examine, expose, break, witness, understand, detect, teach, key, run across, attain, memorize, go through, notice, observe, apprehenddetermine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learnverb
find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
"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"
Synonyms:
encounter, ensure, take, read, hold in, jibe, look out, look, experience, tick off, visualise, square up, watch, gibe, assure, image, hold, run across, moderate, look on, learn, checker, condition, check out, run into, discover, regulate, escort, keep an eye on, stop, examine, pick up, memorize, visit, hear, chequer, observe, fix, mold, consider, study, con, tally, come across, regard, define, get a line, suss out, instruct, get wind, check off, check over, take care, watch out, match, check up on, control, look into, ascertain, mark, insure, attend, date, realize, go over, train, check, hold back, specify, interpret, meet, go out, witness, memorise, set, fancy, catch, decide, construe, see, discipline, square off, limit, visualize, picture, find, catch out, go through, take in, correspond, curb, view, influence, project, watch over, fit, arrest, check into, follow, contain, get word, envision, determine, larn, make up one's mind, retard, crack, turn back, go steady, figure, acquire, see to it, break, understand, delay, teach, reckon, shape, settle, tick, realise, agree, mark offfind out, catch outverb
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"
Synonyms:
see, ascertain, get wind, find, discover, get a line, check, hear, catch out, watch, pick up, learn, get word, determine
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How to use find out in a sentence?
Baltimore Police Captain Eric Kowalczky:
We welcome outside review, we want to be open, we want to be transparent. We owe it to the city and we owe it to the Gray family to find out exactly what happened.
Charles Franklin Kettering, (1876-1958):
Whenever you look at a piece of work and you think the fellow was crazy, then you want to pay some attention to that. One of you is likely to be, and you had better find out which one it is. It makes an awful lot of difference.
The instrument they used to find out what they’re eating assesses food intake all day long . . . not only what they’re eating at work, but also what they’re eating at home, so I would be very curious to find out what they are eating when they are not at work.
It is important for any mayor, where reasonable and safe to do so, to find out first-hand about the state of their city, however, I realize that I had inadvertently breached the new laws to keep the community safe. I am genuinely sorry for my actions.
I guess tomorrow we will find out if there is anyone who Michael Cohen hasn't lied to.
Translations for find out
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- اكتشفArabic
- zjistitCzech
- finde ud af, undersøgeDanish
- erfahren, herausfindenGerman
- sciiĝiEsperanto
- averiguar, descubrirSpanish
- selvittää, saada selvilleFinnish
- savoir, découvrirFrench
- faigh a-machScottish Gaelic
- rájön, kitalálHungarian
- komast að, komast á snoðir umIcelandic
- scoprireItalian
- 見出す, 調べる, 分かる, 発見Japanese
- rescisco, experiorLatin
- ຊອກຮູ້Lao
- дознаваMacedonian
- ontdekken, uitvinden, onderzoekenDutch
- dowiedzieć sięPolish
- descobrirPortuguese
- обнаружить, узнать, узнаватьRussian
- ta reda påSwedish
- anlamak, ortaya çıkarmakTurkish
- find outUkrainian
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