Find Out

Definition: Find Out

Find Out

Verb

1. 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".

2. 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".

3. 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".

4. Trap; esp. in an error or in a reprehensible act; "He was caught out"; "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Find Out

Discovery

Verb: discover, find, determine, evolve, learn; 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.

Interpretation

Find out; a the meaning; of; read; spell out, make out; decipher, unravel, disentangle; find the key of, enucleate, resolve, solve; read between the lines.

Crosswords: Find Out

What are we doing here? Who are we? If this is a chance to find out even just a little part of that answer I don't know, I think it's worth a human life (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;)

There's no mystery to the street, no arch criminal behind it all. It if you find a body and you think his brother did it, you're gonna find out you're right (The Usual Suspects; writing credit: Christopher McQuarrie)

You'll find out and when you do--- (Superman II; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

I wanna find out who the bad guy is. (Reservoir Dogs; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino)

What if they find out I'm not really a prince (Aladdin; writing credit: Roger Allers; Ron Clements)

Well I left my happy home to see what I could find out (On The Road To Find Out; performing artist: Cat Stevens)

Find out what it means to me ("Respect"; performing artist: Aretha Franklin)

Sooner or later that you would find out (Never Keeping Secrets; performing artist: Babyface; writing credit: Babyface)

That one day Daddy's gonna find out that she's in love (I Believe; performing artist: Blessid Union Of Souls)

And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it (Like a Rolling Stone; performing artist: Bob Dylan)

All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner. (references; author: unknown)

How did Pinocchio find out he was made of wood? His hand caught fire. (references; author: unknown)

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. (references; author: unknown)

Before giving a blood transfusion, find out if the blood is affirmative or negative. (references; author: unknown)

You'll Find Out (1940)

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Books

• My Five Senses (Let's Read and Find Out Books) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Lets Find Out (reference)

• Lets Find Out - Teachers Ed (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Faerie Tale Theatre - The Boy Who Left Home to Find out About the Shivers (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Find Out [CUTOUT] (reference)

• Find Out! (reference)

• We'll Soon Find Out (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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NOAA helicopter pilots do the darndest things! I think I'll crawl in this hole and find out what's there Photo #1 of sequence Operations off of SURVEYOR. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Title page to: A physical dissertation, concerning the cause of the variation of the barometer ...., by Jacques de Roubaix. Printed in 1721. Check out note concerning "that it is impossible to find out the longitude"! Library Call Number QC891 .R85 1721. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

A gas chromatograph (GC) is used to identify individual scents emitted from potato foliage. Above, entomologist Joseph Dickens positions a Colorado potato beetle antenna in front of a GC outlet to find out which scents the insect detects. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Women, children & AIDS what's the connection? : you owe it to yourself to find out. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"If they ever find out what really happened ... ". Credit: Library of Congress.

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Find out something that hath the use and value of money amongst his neighbours, you shall see the same man will begin presently to enlarge his possessions. (Second Treatise of Government)

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Her first attempts at usefulness were in an endeavour to find out who were the parents, but Harriet could not tell

Pure craving to see, to know, and to find out.

A full hour had passed since his father had gone in with Dan Crosby, the tutor, to find out for him something about the university

Find out if he got any jack in his jeans

A man will not need to study history to find out what is best for his own culture

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Health

Find out how you can measure quality. (references)

These exams help find out how well the treatment is working. (references)

If you have health insurance, find out exactly what it will cover. (references)

Business

It is advisable to find out as much as possible about the potential partner. (references)

Because the list of products which require the safety B certificate is periodically revised, foreign companies should check with the PCBC office to find out if a specific product requires safety B certification. (references)

The best way is to be prepared to spend a year on the ground in Thailand, getting to know the “lay of the land.” Find out who the players are, which companies have the right kind of experience and professionalism. (references)

Economic History

Latvia

However, it is highly advisable to find out as much as possible about potential partners. (references)

South Africa

When appointing a South African distributor, U.S. exporters should take care to find out if the distributor handles a competing product. (references)

Kazakhstan

Any U.S. company wishing to establish a joint venture or partnership with a Kazakhstani company should find out as much about a potential partner as possible. (references)

Trade

Israel

U.S. exporters should also double-check with their freight forwarder, shipping company or importer to find out if any other documentation, including bill of lading and packing list, is required. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "find out": find out a ♦ find out how the wind blows ♦ find out how the wind lies ♦ To find out ♦ try to find out. Additional references.

Afrikaans

hoor (find, hear, learn, learn of). (various references)

Albanian

zbuloj (bare, belie, bewray, blurt out, bring out, bring to light, catch, contrive, descry, detect, develop, disclose, discover, disinter, distil, distill, divine, divulge, enucleate, explore, ferret, ferret about, ferret out, find, hit, hunt down, invent, look out, open, proclaim, puzzle out, rat, reconnoiter, reconnoitre, reveal, rummage, trace, uncloak, uncover, uncurtain, unearth, unlock, unveil), marr vesh (arrange, be conscious, catch, discover, get, get into, hear, hear from, know, learn, penetrate, see, twig, understand), mësoj (acquire, attune, be educated, coach, condition, digest, educate, enure, find, get on to, get wind of, hear, illuminate, induct, instruct, inure, learn, school, study, teach, train), gjej (ascertain, assure, be, be present, catch, come across, dig up, discover, distil, distill, divine, fetch, figure out, find, get, guess, hit, hunt down, hunt out, hunt up, look out, meet with, obtain, pick out, procure, root out, scare up, search out, trace). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كشف (bare, bring to light, detect, disclose, disclosure, discover, divulge, expose, exposure, lay bare, lay open, lift, make known, open, remove, reveal, revelation, show up, take off, uncover, unearth, unfold, unveil), ‏إكتشف (be discovered, bring to light, come to light, detect, dig out, discover, figure out, find, get wind of, glean, hit, learn, nose, rout, rummage, search, spot, strike, uncover, unearth). (various references)

Basque

aurkitu (discover to, find out to, find to). (various references)

Bulgarian 

разкривам (bewray, bring to light, detect, disclose, discover, disinter, divulge, elicit, expose, manifest, penetrate, show, smell out, spill, unbare, unclose, unclothe, uncover, uncurtain, undress, unkennel, unload, unlock, unravel, unveil), разбирам (apprehend, catch on, comprehend, cotton, discover, fathom, figure out, follow, grasp, grip, have, latch, make out, penetrate, perceive, pick up, realize, riddle, rumble, see, see through, sense, take, take in, think, understand, work out), хващам (capture, catch, clamp, get, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hook, hunt down, land, nail, nip, nobble, pick up, pot, prey upon, run down, seize, snag, strike, take, take effect, take up, track down), откривам (bare, descry, detect, dig up, disclose, discover, disinter, espy, expose, find, inaugurate, initiate, lay bare, lay open, lead off, locate, open, pick out, pry out, recover, reopen, reveal, rout out, rout up, run down, spot, strike, unclose, uncover, unearth, unveil). (various references)

Chinese 

了解 (come to understand, understand). (various references)

Czech

zjistit (ascertain, average, chase up, detect, determine, elicit, establish, find, read, tell), vypátrat (detect, discover, find, hunt out, spy out, trace, track down), rozluštit (crack, decipher, puzzle out, solve, undo, unravel, unriddle), odhalit (be on to smb., bring out, detect, disclose, expose, reveal, show smb. up, show up, spy out, unbosom, uncloak, uncover, unearth, unfold, unlock, unmask, unveil). (various references)

Danish

høre (hear, learn of). (various references)

Dutch

vernemen (find, hear, learn of, notice, perceive), ondervinden (go through, live to see), inlichtingen vragen (be advised), informeren (acquaint, be advised, inform, inquire, inquire about, report), informatie inwinnen (be advised), horen (be fitting, befit, have to, hear, learn of, must, ought to, should), ervaren (accomplished, adept, experienced, expert, go through, live to see). (various references)

Esperanto

sciiĝi (hear, learn of), informiĝi (be advised). (various references)

Faeroese

fáa at vita (hear, learn of). (various references)

Finnish

saada selvä jostakin (detect, discover, make out), saada selkoa jostakin, saada jokin selville (detect, discover, make out), päästä selville jostakin, päästä jostakin perille, ottaa selvä jostakin (ascertain, inform oneself on, inquire into), ottaa selko jostakin (inform oneself, inquire into). (various references)

French

faire l'expérience de, s'informer, expérimenter, découvrir (find), éprouver. (various references)

German

herausfinden (discover, find smb.'s way out, get on to, isolate, isolation, pick out, search out, seek out, sift out, sound out, to find out, to spot, trace), erfahren (accomplished, adept, adeptly, experience, experienced, expert, hear, learn, learn of, learned, learnt, practiced, proficient, receive, seasoned, skilfull, skillfull, sophisticated, suffer, to adept, undergo, versatile). (various references)

Greek 

βρίσκω (come across, come by, come up with, derive, find, obtain), ανακαλύπτω (catch out, detect, dig out, discover, trace, unearth, unmask). (various references)

Hebrew 

למצוא (discover, find, guess, reveal), ל�"כיר (ascertain, know, make out, realize, recognize, spot, tell, understand), ל�'לות (discover, make out, rumble, trace, unveil), �'יל�" (delight, discover, exultation, gladness, joy). (various references)

Hungarian

rajtakap (catch, catch out, nab, to catch out, to catch red-handed, to cop, to find out, to nab, to trip up), rájön (be found out, perceive, strike out, to discover where the hitch is, to get into the way of doing sg, to get on to sg, to perceive, to realize, to strike out, to tumble to). (various references)

Indonesian

menjumpai (discover, meet), mendapatkan (discover, invent, procure, recruit, visit), endus (get wond of, smell, whiff). (various references)

Italian

trovare (be, discover, feel, find, find oneself, hit, meet, pick out, pick up, see, strike, summon up, think, to find), scoprire (ascertain, bare, detect, disclose, discover, expose, find, reveal, rumble, strike, to detect, uncover, undeck, unearth), rinvenire (come to, discover, find, recover one's senses, revive). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

聞込む (to find out, to get information, to get wind of), 聞き込む (to find out, to get information, to get wind of), 見附る (to be familiar, to detect, to discover, to find fault, to find out, to locate), 見出す (to discover, to find out), 見出� す (to discover, to find out, to notice, to select), 見つける (to be familiar, to detect, to discover, to find fault, to find out, to locate), 見つけ� す (to discover, to find out, to locate), 見付け出す (to discover, to find out, to locate), 見付ける (to be familiar, to detect, to discover, to find fault, to find out, to locate), 見い出す (to discover, to find out), 突き止める (to ascertain, to find out, to locate, to make sure), 探し出す (to find out), 探り�"てる (to find out), 捜し�"てる (to detect, to discover, to find out). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きき�"む (to find out, to get information, to get wind of, to have heard), さがしあてる (to detect, to discover, to find out), さがし� す (to discover, to find out, to locate), さぐりあてる (to find out), つきとめる (to ascertain, to find out, to locate, to make sure), みつける (to be familiar, to detect, to discover, to find fault, to find out, to locate), みつけ� す (to discover, to find out, to locate), みい� す (to discover, to find out, to notice, to select), み� す (to disarrange, to discover, to disturb, to find out, to throw out of order). (various references)

Occitan

descobrir (discover). (various references)

Pig Latin

indfay outay.(various references)

Portuguese

procurar (browse, come after, court, dub, ensue, fish, fossick, get, hunt up, look after, look for, look up, nose, obtrude, pursue, quest, rake, rake up, search, search after, search for, seek), informar‐se (hear, learn of), entrever (detect, espy, glimpse), encontrar (come across, detect, discover, encounter, experience, find, get together, hunt up, impinge, meet, meet with, one finds, to encounter, to find, to meet), detestar (abhor, abominate, detest, distaste, hate, loathe), descobrir (ascertain, bare, bewray, denudate, denude, descry, detect, dig up, disclose, discover, elicit, espy, find, get out, hunt out, hunt up, identify, lay open, lay up bare, open, pioneer, poke about, publicize, reveal, see, show up, spell out, strike, surprise, to discover, uncap, uncloak, unclose, uncover, unearth, unkennel, unmask, unveil), apurar (amend, canvass, count, get, investigate, raise, refine), achar (ascertain, come across, encounter, establish, find, find oneself, meet, strike, take note, think). (various references)

Romanian

prinde (acquire, apprehend, attach, bind, book, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clasp, clot, comprehend, cop, Curdle, engage, ferret, fish, fix, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, grow, hang, have, hit, hitch, intercept, nail, nip, overhear, pin down, reach, recruit, regain, round up, seize, set, shut, stitch, strike, succeed, tack, take, tie, work), descoperi (crack, descry, detect, disclose, discover, ferret, fish, grub, hit, invent, lay open, nose out, open, reveal, rip, spy, strike, uncover, unearth, unravel), clarifica (account for, bring out, clarify, clear, clear up, define, disentangle, dissolve, explain, irradiate, point out). (various references)

Russian 

обнаруживать (bring out, bring to light, catch out, chance on, detect, disclose, discover, display, find, locate, manifest, open up, reveal, revealed, rummage, uncurtain). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

saznati (learn), doznati (ascertain, learn, search). (various references)

Slovene

poizvedel. (various references)

Spanish

enterarse (get to know, pick up, recoup one's losses, to find out, wise up), descubrir (break through, come on, come upon, detect, discover, expose, give away, learn, penetrate, pick out, search out, spy, think out, uncover, unlock), averiguar (ascertain, get at, inquire, learn, look up, trace back). (various references)

Swedish

få reda på. (various references)

Turkish

bulup çıkarmak (fish, fish out). (various references)

Turkmen 

salgy atmak (find out about). (various references)

Ukrainian

з'ясувати (study out), довідатися. (various references)

adinvenire, adinveniri, adinvenit, comperio, experiar, experieris, experietur, experiretur, experti, expertus, expiscor, noscentur, noscetur, noscitur, praesciebat, praescientes, praescientia, praesciit, praescivi, praescivit, rescisset, rescivit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: outfind.

-2 letters: donut, fondu, found, fount, fundi, futon, tondi, unfit.

-3 letters: dint, doit, duit, dunt, fido, find, fino, foin, fond, font, fund, info, into, nodi, tofu, undo, unit, unto.

-4 letters: din, dit, don, dot, dui, dun, duo, fid, fin, fit, fon, fou, fud, fun, ion, nit, nod, not, nut, oft, oud, out, tin, tod, ton.

+1 letter: outfinds.

+3 letters: disulfoton, foundation, fountained, functioned, latifundio, outfinding, profundity.

+4 letters: countrified, countryfied, disfunction, disulfotons, dysfunction, fecundation, fluorinated, foundations, latifundios, unfortified.

+5 letters: counterfired, diffusionist, difunctional, disfunctions, dysfunctions, fecundations, fluidization, fluoridating, fluoridation, foundational, fountainhead, profundities, refoundation, typefounding, undefoliated, unfastidious.