English-Finnish translations for find out

• saada selville
  Entä miten tämä voidaan saada selville? How, moreover, is it possible to find out?
  Haluaisin saada selville tärkeimmät ja kiperimmät kysymykset. I would like to find out what the most important and the most difficult issues are.
  Näin voisimme saada selville, kuinka paljon ihmisiä kuolee tällä tavoin, ja ehkä myös selvittää, mistä tämä johtuu. We could find out how many people are dying in this way and perhaps come up with reasons why.
• selvittää
  Meidän pitäisi selvittää, mitä tapahtui. We should find out what happened.
  Me haluamme selvittää, miten me voimme auttaa. We want to find out how we can help.
  Voidaanko selvittää, mikä niiden vaikutus on ollut? Can we find out what their effect has been?

Definition of find out

• To discover, as by asking or investigating
• To discover or expose as disobedient, dishonest, etc
• To uncover a weakness (in someone

Examples

• I dont know who the twenty-first president of the United States was, but it should be very easy to find out.
• He had been fiddling the books for years, but finally he was found out.
• He may cope with the multiple choice questions, but the written exam will find him out.
• If you dont try, you do not find it out.

Related words

• finding out
• find out how the land lies
• find out the lay of the land
• find out the lie of the land
• that's for me to know and you to find out