English > find out: 4 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment / experiment, survey, or study. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE |
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| Synonyms | determine, find, ascertain |
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| Narrower | admeasure | Determine the quantity of someone's share |
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| count, number, enumerate, numerate | Determine the number or amount of |
| gauge | Determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation |
| rectify | (math) determine the length of |
| redetermine | Fix, find, or establish again |
| refract | Determine the refracting power of (a lens) |
| sequence | Determine the order of constituents in |
| situate, locate | Determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey |
| translate | Determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA |
| Similar to | determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn | Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort |
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| discover, find | make a discovery, make a new finding |
| Spanish | decidir, descubrir, determinar, encontrar |
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| Catalan | decidir, descobrir, determinar, trobar |
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English > find out: 4 senses > verb 3, communication| Meaning | Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE |
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| Model | They find out whether there was a traffic accident |
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| Example | "find out if he speaks Russian" |
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| Synonyms | determine, check, see, ascertain, watch, learn |
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| Narrower | test | Determine the presence or properties of (a substance) |
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| Similar to | determine, find, find out, ascertain | Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment / experiment, survey, or study |
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| see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure | Be careful or certain to do something |
| Spanish | aprender, averiguar, decidir, determinar, establecer, mirar, ver |
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| Catalan | aprendre, decidir, determinar, esbrinar, mirar, trobar, veure |
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