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FIND OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
Example:
I see that you have been promoted
Synonyms:
discover; find out; get a line; get wind; get word; hear; learn; pick up; see
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Verb group:
find; see; witness (perceive or be contemporaneous with)
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act
Example:
She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks
Synonyms:
catch out; find out
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
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
Sense 3
Meaning:
Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
Example:
The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
Synonyms:
ascertain; determine; find; find out
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Verb group:
ascertain; check; determine; find out; learn; see; watch (find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort)
discover; find (make a discovery, make a new finding)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "find out"):
gauge (determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation)
translate (determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA)
rectify (math: determine the length of)
redetermine (fix, find, or establish again)
sequence (determine the order of constituents in)
refract (determine the refracting power of (a lens))
count; enumerate; number; numerate (determine the number or amount of)
admeasure (determine the quantity of someone's share)
locate; situate (determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Sense 4
Meaning:
Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
Example:
Check whether the train leaves on time
Synonyms:
ascertain; check; determine; find out; learn; see; watch
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Verb group:
ascertain; assure; check; control; ensure; insure; see; see to it (be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something)
ascertain; determine; find; find out (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study)
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
Context examples:
Energy healing is being studied in patients receiving cancer therapy, to find out if it can improve quality of life, boost the immune system, or reduce side effects.
(Energy healing, NCI Dictionary)
Energy therapy is being studied in patients receiving cancer therapy, to find out if it can improve quality of life, boost the immune system, or reduce side effects.
(Energy therapy, NCI Dictionary)
He looked around at the birds, but alas! there were many, many nightingales, and how then should he find out which was his Jorinda?
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Further research is required to find out the reasoning for the difference in acid levels, but it could also challenge beliefs about polyunsaturated fatty acids' impact on these conditions.
(Discovery Challenges Belief about Brain's Cellular Makeup, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Further research is needed to find out whether this primary cause is also conserved in yeast cells.
(Scientists Reveal The Relationship Between Sugar, Cancer, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
You will never know unless you leave the house—why not go out and find out what life holds for you?
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
We also want to find out whether cells that have experienced one round of anastasis are more or less resilient to a subsequent round.
(Cells Back from Brink of Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
"But I think what this study suggests is we should really go and find out."
(Vitamin C Might Shorten Tuberculosis Treatment Time, Study Indicates, VOA/Steve Baragona)
"We have yet to find out what the enzymes are doing in these viruses, but they are unique, unlike P450s in any other organism."
(Surprising enzymes discovered in giant ocean viruses, National Science Foundation)
To find out, an international team researchers developed an X-ray detector that could distinguish between the two possibilities.
(Evidence for supernovas near Earth, NASA)
