find out
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
find out
v 1: establish 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" [syn: {determine}, {find}, {find out}, {ascertain}]
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" [syn: {learn}, {hear}, {get word}, {get
wind}, {pick up}, {find out}, {get a line}, {discover},
{see}]
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"
[syn: {determine}, {check}, {find out}, {see}, {ascertain},
{watch}, {learn}]
4: trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act; "He
was caught out"; "She was found out when she tried to cash
the stolen checks" [syn: {find out}, {catch out}]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
100 Moby Thesaurus words for "find out":
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
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