find out
verb
found out; finding out; finds out
1
: to learn by effort, study, observation, or search : discover
I need to find out where the meeting is being held.
2
a
: to catch in an offense (such as a crime)
The culprits were soon found out.
b
: to ascertain the true character or identity of
The informer was eventually found out.
: to discover, learn, or verify something
I don't know, but I'll find out for you.
Examples of find out in a Sentence
that was around the time that I found out I was adopted
found out about the new restaurant by reading reviews online
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Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
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—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 25 Nov. 2025
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Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
The sudden appearance of a venomous pit viper named Gary De’Snake (Ke Huy Quan) sends the partners on a dangerous mission to find out why reptiles are outsiders in Zootopia and how Gary is connected to an old journal that contains the patent for the weather walls that create the city’s ecosystem.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
To find out more, the team analyzed thousands of dog and wolf genomes in publicly available databases.
—CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
Of course, not everyone knows where their metabolic thresholds lie, and not everyone wants to visit an exercise physiology lab to find out.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 25 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for find out
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“Find out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/find%20out. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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