find out
0 antonyms and opposites of find out, grouped by meaning.
Phrasal verb — To learn something you did not previously know, either by asking, checking or discovering it by chance.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. phrasal verb
To learn something you did not previously know, either by asking, checking or discovering it by chance.
“I rang the surgery to find out whether the results were back.”
How to use find out
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
Neutral and very common in speech. The object can go in the middle or at the end when it is a noun ("find out the answer" or "find the answer out"), but a pronoun must go in the middle: "find it out", "find him out".
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between find out and figure out?
Find out means to obtain a piece of information from somewhere else — by asking, reading or being told. Figure out means to reach an answer by reasoning it through yourself. You find out the train time from the timetable; you figure out how to reset the router.
What is the difference between find and find out?
Find usually takes a physical object — you find your keys. Find out takes information — you find out where your keys are. Find out is nearly always followed by a clause beginning with what, who, whether, if or that.
What does "fuck around and find out" mean?
It is a blunt slang warning that reckless behaviour will bring consequences: if you provoke something, you will experience the result. It is often shortened to FAFO and is vulgar, so it belongs in informal speech only.