find out

Verb

• trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act
  • He was caught out
    
  • She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks
    

• find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
  • I want to see whether she speaks French
    
  • See whether it works
    
  • find out if he speaks Russian
    
  • Check whether the train leaves on time
    

• get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
  • I learned that she has two grown-up children
    
  • I see that you have been promoted
    

• establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
  • find the product of two numbers
    
  • The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  catch out , determine , check , see , ascertain , watch , learn , hear , get word , get wind , pick up , get a line , discover , find