"find out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-find out.ogg [Australia] Forms: finds out [present, singular, third-person], finding out [participle, present], found out [participle, past], found out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|find<,,found> out}} find out (third-person singular simple present finds out, present participle finding out, simple past and past participle found out)
  1. (idiomatic) To discover, as by asking or investigating. Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: fuck around and find out Translations (to discover): uitvind (Afrikaans), πυνθάνομαι (punthánomai) (Ancient Greek), ἐξευρίσκω (exeurískō) (Ancient Greek), ὁράω (horáō) (english: +indirect question) (Ancient Greek), öyrənmək (Azerbaijani), esbrinar (Catalan), descobrir (Catalan), ᎠᏕᎶᎰᏍᎦ (adelohosga) (Cherokee), 找出 (zhǎochū) (Chinese Mandarin), 查明 (chámíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 發現 (Chinese Mandarin), 发现 (fāxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 調查 (Chinese Mandarin), 调查 (diàochá) (Chinese Mandarin), zjistit (Czech), finde ud af (Danish), undersøge (Danish), ontdekken (Dutch), onderzoeken (Dutch), uitvinden (Dutch), sciiĝi (Esperanto), saada selville (Finnish), selvittää (Finnish), découvrir (French), savoir (French), apprendre (French), se renseigner (French), herausfinden (German), erfahren (German), 𐌿𐍆𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (ufkunnan) (Gothic), kitalál (Hungarian), rájön (Hungarian), megtud (Hungarian), komast að (Icelandic), komast á snoðir um (Icelandic), haissella (Ingrian), scoprire (Italian), 見出す (midasu) (alt: みだす) (Japanese), 調べる (shiraberu) (alt: しらべる) (Japanese), 分かる (wakaru) (alt: わかる) (Japanese), 発見する (hakken-suru) (alt: はっけんする) (Japanese), abiné ora (Ladin), ຊອກຮູ້ (sǭk hū) (Lao), resciscō (Latin), experior (Latin), reperiō (Latin), comperiō (Latin), inveniō (Latin), uzzināt (Latvian), дознава (doznava) (Macedonian), finne ut (Norwegian), erfare (Norwegian Nynorsk), āfindan (Old English), dowiadywać się [imperfective] (Polish), dowiedzieć się [perfective] (Polish), informować się [imperfective] (Polish), poinformować się [perfective] (Polish), descobrir (Portuguese), descoperi (Romanian), afla (Romanian), узнава́ть (uznavátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), узна́ть (uznátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), обнару́жить (obnarúžitʹ) (Russian), faigh a-mach (Scottish Gaelic), zistiť (Slovak), zisťovať (Slovak), descubrir (Spanish), averiguar (Spanish), salir de dudas (Spanish), ta reda på (Swedish), anlamak (Turkish), ortaya çıkarmak (Turkish), дізнаватися (diznavatysja) (Ukrainian), дізнатися (diznatysja) (Ukrainian), довідуватися (doviduvatysja) (Ukrainian), довідатися (dovidatysja) (Ukrainian), דערוויסן זיך (dervisn zikh) (Yiddish), fahm kerden (Zazaki), idrak kerden (Zazaki), ver veten (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-find_out-en-verb-v0~dR17X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 25 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 62 24 14 Disambiguation of 'to discover': 53 36 12
  2. To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc. Translations (to expose as dishonest): paljastua (note: subject is the person who is exposed) (Finnish), paljastaa (Finnish), huomata (Finnish), käräyttää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-find_out-en-verb-IaOrXU10 Disambiguation of 'to expose as dishonest': 15 69 16
  3. To uncover a weakness in (someone). Translations (to uncover a weakness): saada heikkous selville (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-find_out-en-verb-sYEPR3uQ Disambiguation of 'to uncover a weakness': 10 15 75

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68",
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          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
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          "sense": "to discover",
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          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
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          "sense": "to discover",
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "esbrinar"
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "to discover",
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          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "adelohosga",
          "sense": "to discover",
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          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
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          "roman": "zhǎochū",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "找出"
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          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
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          "roman": "chámíng",
          "sense": "to discover",
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          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "發現"
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        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fāxiàn",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "发现"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "調查"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "diàochá",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "调查"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "zjistit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "finde ud af"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "undersøge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "ontdekken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "onderzoeken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "uitvinden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "sciiĝi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "saada selville"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "selvittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "découvrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "savoir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "apprendre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "se renseigner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "herausfinden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "erfahren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "ufkunnan",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "𐌿𐍆𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "punthánomai",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "πυνθάνομαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "exeurískō",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "ἐξευρίσκω"
        },
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          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "grc",
          "english": "+indirect question",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "horáō",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "ὁράω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "kitalál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "rájön"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "megtud"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "komast að"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "komast á snoðir um"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "haissella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "scoprire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "alt": "みだす",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "midasu",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "見出す"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "alt": "しらべる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shiraberu",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "調べる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "alt": "わかる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "wakaru",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "分かる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "alt": "はっけんする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hakken-suru",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "発見する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "lld",
          "lang": "Ladin",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "abiné ora"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sǭk hū",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "ຊອກຮູ້"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "resciscō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "experior"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "reperiō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "comperiō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "inveniō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "uzzināt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "doznava",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "дознава"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "finne ut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "erfare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "āfindan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "dowiadywać się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "dowiedzieć się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "informować się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "poinformować się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "descobrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "descoperi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "afla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uznavátʹ",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "узнава́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uznátʹ",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "узна́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obnarúžitʹ",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "обнару́жить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "faigh a-mach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "zistiť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "zisťovať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "descubrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "averiguar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "salir de dudas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "ta reda på"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "anlamak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "ortaya çıkarmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "diznavatysja",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "дізнаватися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "diznatysja",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "дізнатися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "doviduvatysja",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "довідуватися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dovidatysja",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "довідатися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "dervisn zikh",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "דערוויסן זיך"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "fahm kerden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "idrak kerden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 36 12",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "to discover",
          "word": "ver veten"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He had been fiddling the books for years, but finally he was found out."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-find_out-en-verb-IaOrXU10",
      "links": [
        [
          "disobedient",
          "disobedient"
        ],
        [
          "dishonest",
          "dishonest"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "15 69 16",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "subject is the person who is exposed",
          "sense": "to expose as dishonest",
          "word": "paljastua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 69 16",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to expose as dishonest",
          "word": "paljastaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 69 16",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to expose as dishonest",
          "word": "huomata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 69 16",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to expose as dishonest",
          "word": "käräyttää"
        }
      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He may cope with the multiple choice questions, but the written exam will find him out."
        },
        {
          "text": "If you don't try, you do not find it out."
        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 15 75",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to uncover a weakness",
          "word": "saada heikkous selville"
        }
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/En-au-find_out.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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    }
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}
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      "word": "fuck around and find out"
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          "text": "I don't know who the twenty-first president of the United States was, but it should be very easy to find out.",
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        {
          "ref": "2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68",
          "text": "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.",
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        {
          "text": "He had been fiddling the books for years, but finally he was found out."
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He may cope with the multiple choice questions, but the written exam will find him out."
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        {
          "text": "If you don't try, you do not find it out."
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      "glosses": [
        "To uncover a weakness in (someone)."
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "uitvind"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "öyrənmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "esbrinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "descobrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "adelohosga",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "ᎠᏕᎶᎰᏍᎦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǎochū",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "找出"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chámíng",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "查明"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "發現"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fāxiàn",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "发现"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "調查"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diàochá",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "调查"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "zjistit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "finde ud af"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "undersøge"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "ontdekken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "onderzoeken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "uitvinden"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "sciiĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "saada selville"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "selvittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "découvrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "savoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "apprendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "se renseigner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "herausfinden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "erfahren"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "ufkunnan",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "𐌿𐍆𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "punthánomai",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "πυνθάνομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "exeurískō",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "ἐξευρίσκω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "english": "+indirect question",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "horáō",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "ὁράω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "kitalál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "rájön"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "megtud"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "komast að"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "komast á snoðir um"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "haissella"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "scoprire"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みだす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "midasu",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "見出す"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しらべる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shiraberu",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "調べる"
    },
    {
      "alt": "わかる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wakaru",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "分かる"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はっけんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakken-suru",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "発見する"
    },
    {
      "code": "lld",
      "lang": "Ladin",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "abiné ora"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sǭk hū",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "ຊອກຮູ້"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "resciscō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "experior"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "reperiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "comperiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "inveniō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "uzzināt"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "doznava",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "дознава"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "finne ut"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "erfare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "āfindan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dowiadywać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "dowiedzieć się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "informować się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "poinformować się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "descobrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "descoperi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "afla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uznavátʹ",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "узнава́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uznátʹ",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "узна́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obnarúžitʹ",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "обнару́жить"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "faigh a-mach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "zistiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "zisťovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "descubrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "averiguar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "salir de dudas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "ta reda på"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "anlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "ortaya çıkarmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "diznavatysja",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "дізнаватися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "diznatysja",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "дізнатися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "doviduvatysja",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "довідуватися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dovidatysja",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "довідатися"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "dervisn zikh",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "דערוויסן זיך"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "fahm kerden"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "idrak kerden"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to discover",
      "word": "ver veten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "subject is the person who is exposed",
      "sense": "to expose as dishonest",
      "word": "paljastua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to expose as dishonest",
      "word": "paljastaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to expose as dishonest",
      "word": "huomata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to expose as dishonest",
      "word": "käräyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to uncover a weakness",
      "word": "saada heikkous selville"
    }
  ],
  "word": "find out"
}

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