"suss out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-suss out.ogg Forms: susses out [present, singular, third-person], sussing out [participle, present], sussed out [participle, past], sussed out [past]
Etymology: Clipping of suspect + out. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|suspect}} Clipping of suspect Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} suss out (third-person singular simple present susses out, present participle sussing out, simple past and past participle sussed out)
  1. (colloquial, transitive) To come to understand (a person). Tags: colloquial, transitive Translations (to come to understand (a person)): kiismer (Hungarian), calar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-suss_out-en-verb-XGlhxmwx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 84 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'to come to understand (a person)': 99 1
  2. (colloquial, transitive) To manage to work (something) out, to discover or determine (something). Tags: colloquial, transitive Translations (to work out, to determine (something)): piger (French), capter (French), auskundschaften (German), herausfinden (German), kiderít (Hungarian), kiszimatol (Hungarian), kipuhatol (Hungarian), stabilire (Italian), ravvisare (Italian), intuire (Italian), capire (Italian), intravvedere (Italian), scoprire (Italian), sgamare (Italian), smascherare (Italian), разузна́ть (razuznátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), раскуси́ть (raskusítʹ) [informal, perfective] (Russian), calar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-suss_out-en-verb-g8TR8yDL Disambiguation of 'to work out, to determine (something)': 35 65

Inflected forms

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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to come to understand (a person)",
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      "sense": "to come to understand (a person)",
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      "sense": "to work out, to determine (something)",
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      "sense": "to work out, to determine (something)",
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      "sense": "to work out, to determine (something)",
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      "sense": "to work out, to determine (something)",
      "word": "herausfinden"
    },
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      "sense": "to work out, to determine (something)",
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    },
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      "sense": "to work out, to determine (something)",
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      "sense": "to work out, to determine (something)",
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