find out

v 1: after a calculation, investigation, experiment, or study;

"find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who

found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" [syn: {determine},

{find}, {ascertain}]

2: get to know or become aware of; "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},

{get a line}, {discover}, {see}]

3: find out or learn with certainty; "I want to see whether she

speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "Watch how he will

react" [syn: {determine}, {check}, {see}, {ascertain}, {watch},

{learn}]

4: trap; esp. in an error or in a reprehensible act; "He was

caught out" [syn: {catch out}]