English-French translations for find out

• découvrir
  Nous devons découvrir ce qui s'est passé. We should find out what happened.
  Que doit découvrir cette commission d' enquête ? What is this committee supposed to find out?
  Voilà ce que j’ai pu découvrir jusqu’à présent. That is what I have been able to find out so far.
• informer
  Nous ne sommes pas un simple élément du public qui doit s'informer par la presse. We are not just members of the public who should find out through the press.
• savoir
  On ne peut pas non pas savoir ce qu'il advient de ces informations. Nor can you find out what happens to your data.
  On ne pourra jamais le savoir. Anyway, it is too late now to find out.
  C'est ce que j'aimerais savoir de votre part. This is what I wished to find out from you.

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