узнава́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• find out phrasal verb To learn something you did not previously know, either by asking, checking or discovering it by chance.
• recognize verb To identify someone or something as already known from a previous encounter.

Senses

узнава́ть is used for these senses in English:

• find out (transitive) To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc.
• recognize (transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.

find out — full definition

1. phrasal verb To learn something you did not previously know, either by asking, checking or discovering it by chance.
2. phrasal verb To detect someone in a lie, crime or deception, so that their behaviour becomes known.

recognize — full definition

1. verb To identify someone or something as already known from a previous encounter.
2. verb To formally acknowledge someone or something as valid, true, or deserving.

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