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Find out meaning

Find out is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to learn a new fact or obtain information through inquiry or investigation.

Past simple
found out
Past participle
found out
-ing form
finding out

What find out means

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To learn a new fact or obtain information through inquiry or investigation

We need to find out when the final train leaves.

1 more meaning of find out is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With out: go out, sort out, run out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out, carry out.

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What does find out mean?

It has 2 meanings. One of them is to learn a new fact or obtain information through inquiry or investigation. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of find out?

Found out, which is also its past participle.

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