FIND OUT as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • I learned that she has two grown-up children
    • I see that you have been promoted
    Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • trap
    • especially in an error or in a reprehensible act
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • He was caught out
    • She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks
    Hypernyms(s) find out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • find the product of two numbers
    • The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
    Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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
    Hyponym(s) Derived(s)