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find out
verb
1 find out
Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study.
synonyms: ascertain, determine, find.
Roget 522:
interpret,
explain,
define,
construe,
translate,
render;
do into,
turn into;
transfuse the sense of.
find out
etc.
480.1
the meaning of,
etc.
516
read;
spell out,
make out;
decipher,
unravel,
disentangle;
find the key of,
enucleate,
resolve,
solve;
read between the lines.
account for;
find the cause,
tell the cause of
etc.
153;
throw light upon,
shed light upon,
shed new light upon,
shed fresh light upon;
clear up,
clarify,
elucidate.
illustrate,
exemplify;
unfold,
expound,
comment upon,
annotate;
popularize
etc.
(render intelligible)
518.
take in a particular sense,
understand in a particular sense,
receive in a particular sense,
accept in a particular sense;
understand by,
put a construction on,
be given to understand.
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2 find out
Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally.
synonyms: discover, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see.
Roget 480a:
discover,
find,
determine,
evolve,
learn
etc.
539;
fix upon;
pick up;
find out,
trace out,
make out,
hunt out,
fish out,
worm out,
ferret out,
root out;
fathom;
bring out,
draw out;
educe,
elicit,
bring to light;
dig out,
grub up,
fish up;
unearth,
disinter.
solve,
resolve,
elucidate;
unriddle,
unravel,
unlock,
crack,
crack open;
pick up,
open the lock;
find a clue,
find clew a to,
find the key to the riddle;
interpret
etc.
522;
disclose
etc.
529.
trace,
get at;
hit it,
have it;
lay one's finger,
lay one's hands upon;
spot;
get at the truth,
arrive at the truth
etc.
494;
put the saddle on the right horse,
hit the right nail on the head.
be near the truth,
be warm,
get warmer,
burn;
smoke,
scent,
sniff,
catch a whiff of,
smell a rat.
open the eyes to;
see through,
see daylight,
see in its true colors,
see the cloven foot;
detect;
catch,
catch tripping.
pitch upon,
fall upon,
light upon,
hit upon,
stumble upon,
pop upon;
come across,
come onto;
meet with,
meet up with,
fall in with.
recognize,
realize;
verify,
make certain of,
identify.
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Dutch: leren, horen, uitvinden, vernemen
3 find out
Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort:
— Find out if he speaks Russian.
synonyms: ascertain, check, determine, learn, see, watch.
Dutch: leren, constateren
4 find out
Trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act.
synonym: catch out.
Moby thesaurus: answer, ascertain, assure, be informed, become acquainted with, bottom, broaden the mind, catch on, certify, cinch, clear up, clinch, crack, cram the mind, debug, decide, decipher, decode, determine, discover, disentangle, dismiss all doubt, divine, do, dope, dope out, ensure, establish, explain, fathom, figure out, find, find out about, find the answer, find the solution, fix, gain knowledge, get, get at, get hold of, get right, guess, guess right, have it, hear, hit, hit it, hunt down, insure, interpret, invent, learn, learn about, load the mind, locate, make certain, make no doubt, make no mistake, make out, make sure, make sure of, nail down, open the lock, pick up information, plumb, psych, psych out, puzzle out, ravel, ravel out, reassure, rediscover, remove all doubt, resolve, riddle, run down, run to earth, see, see that, see to it, set at rest, settle, solve, sort out, strike, trace, trace down, track down, tumble, undo, unearth, unlock, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle, untwist, unweave, work, work out ... show more.
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