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to find out
[phrase form: find]
01
to get information about something after actively trying to do so
Transitive: to find out information
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
out
Base verb
find
Present tense
find out
3rd person singular
finds out
Present participle
finding out
Past simple
found out
Past participle
found out
Examples
They are trying to find out who won the award last night.
02
to discover or become aware of a piece of information or a fact
Intransitive: to find out about sth
Transitive: to find out that
Examples
He found out about the surprise party when he overheard his friends talking about it.
03
to discover the unpleasant or hidden truth about someone, often revealing their deceptive or dishonest behavior
Transitive: to find out a person or their actions
Examples
After years of suspicion, they finally found out his true identity as a fraud.
