[ verb ]
■ learn or discover with certainty
→
ascertain
[ verb ]
■ establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
e.g.)
・find the product of two numbers
・The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
→
ascertain
,
determine
,
find
,
find out
[ verb ]
■ pursue or chase relentlessly
e.g.)
・The hunters traced the deer into the woods
・the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him
→
hound
,
hunt
,
trace
[ verb ]
■ discover the location of
■ determine the place of
■ find by searching or examining
e.g.)
・Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?
・My search turned up nothing
→
locate
,
turn up
[ verb ]
■ determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
e.g.)
・Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space
・Locate the boundaries of the property
→
locate
,
situate
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