find out (third-person singular simple present finds out, present participle finding out, simple past and past participle found out)
- (idiomatic) To 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 (something), as by perceiving or coming upon it.
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)
- 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
- Swedish: ta reda på (sv)
- Turkish: anlamak (tr), ortaya çıkarmak (tr)
- Ukrainian: дізнаватися (diznavatysja), дізнатися (diznatysja), довідуватися (doviduvatysja), довідатися (dovidatysja)
- Yiddish: דערוויסן זיך (dervisn zikh)
- Zazaki: fahm kerden, idrak kerden, ver veten
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to uncover a weakness
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- Finnish: saada heikkous selville
- French: trahir (fr)
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