what does find out mean?
FIND OUT as VERB
- Meaning
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
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- I learned that she has two grown-up children
- I see that you have been promoted
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- Meaning
- trap
- especially in an error or in a reprehensible act
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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
- Meaning
- after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
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- find the product of two numbers
- The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
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- Meaning
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
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- 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
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