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find out third-person singular simple present finds out present participle finding out simple past and past participle found out
( idiomatic ) discover , as by asking or investigating .
I don't know who the twenty-first president of the United States was, but it should be very easy to find out .
2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail , page 68 :I haven't booked, so I don't have a clue as to whether the service will be busy or not. Supposedly, reservations are compulsory, but I want to find out what would happen if you just turn up.
To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient , dishonest , etc.
He had been fiddling the books for years, but finally he was found out .
To uncover a weakness in (someone).
He may cope with the multiple choice questions, but the written exam will find him out .
If you don't try, you do not find it out .
( archaic ) to discover
Afrikaans: uitvind (af)
Azerbaijani: öyrənmək (az)
Catalan: esbrinar (ca) , descobrir (ca)
Cherokee: ᎠᏕᎶᎰᏍᎦ ( adelohosga )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 找出 (zh) ( zhǎochū ) , 查明 (zh) ( chámíng ) , 發現 / 发现 (zh) ( fāxiàn ) , 調查 / 调查 (zh) ( diàochá )
Czech: zjistit (cs)
Danish: finde ud af undersøge
Dutch: ontdekken (nl) , onderzoeken (nl) , uitvinden (nl)
Esperanto: sciiĝi
Finnish: saada selville selvittää (fi)
French: découvrir (fr) , savoir (fr) , apprendre (fr) , se renseigner (fr) , comprendre (fr)
German: herausfinden (de) , erfahren (de)
Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 ( ufkunnan )
Greek:
Ancient: πυνθάνομαι ( punthánomai ) , ἐξευρίσκω ( exeurískō ) , ὁράω ( horáō ) ( +indirect question )
Hungarian: kitalál (hu) , rájön (hu) , megtud (hu)
Icelandic: komast að komast á snoðir um
Ingrian: haissella kuulustaa
Italian: scoprire (it)
Japanese: 見出す (ja) ( みだす, midasu ) , 調べる (ja) ( しらべる, shiraberu ) , 分かる (ja) ( わかる, wakaru ) , 発見する (ja) ( はっけんする, hakken-suru )
Khiamniungan Naga: thōhchūh thōhchūh
Ladin: abiné ora
Lao: ຊອກຮູ້ ( sǭk hū )
Latin: resciscō experior reperiō comperiō inveniō (la)
Latvian: uzzināt
Macedonian: дознава ( doznava )
Norwegian: finne ut Nynorsk: erfare
Old English: āfindan
Polish: dowiadywać się impf dowiedzieć się pf informować się impf poinformować się pf
Portuguese: descobrir (pt)
Romanian: descoperi (ro) , afla (ro)
Russian: узнава́ть (ru) impf ( uznavátʹ ) , узна́ть (ru) pf ( uznátʹ ) , обнару́жить (ru) ( obnarúžitʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: faigh a-mach
Slovak: zistiť zisťovať
Spanish: descubrir (es) , averiguar (es) , salir de dudas anoticiarse (es) , enterarse (es)
Swedish: ta reda på (sv)
Turkish: anlamak (tr) , ortaya çıkarmak (tr)
Ukrainian: дізнаватися ( diznavatysja ) , дізнатися ( diznatysja ) , довідуватися ( doviduvatysja ) , довідатися ( dovidatysja )
Welsh: cael allan
Yiddish: דערוויסן זיך ( dervisn zikh )
Zazaki: fahm kerden idrak kerden ver veten
