major (in)

verb

Definition of major (in)next
as in to find out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for major (in)
  1. find out
  2. run down
  3. study
  4. hear
  5. detect
  6. determine
  7. ascertain
  8. discern
Verb
  • To find out more about Whitmore Pest & Wildlife Control’s services, please visit their website.
    Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • As the movie shows, Callas really did find out by watching television news in Paris.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of find out
Verb
  • Our Harrison Campbell ran down five TSSAA football playoff games across the state that might feature upsets this week.
    Tyler Palmateer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Below, the executive runs down some of the career highlights from his time at the studio.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of run down
Verb
  • This will include studying the planet PDS 70c, the companion of PDS 70b.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The University of North Texas Health Science Center dissected, studied and leased out hundreds of unclaimed bodies.
    Anagilmara Vílchez, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of study
Verb
  • The low, squelching funk of the beat and Richman’s high falsetto were tuned to such a uniquely perfect frequency that everyone was happy to hear them, again and again, and again.
    Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Occasionally there are people who are not gracious or not as willing to hear other perspectives.
    Kimberly A. Whitler, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of hear
Verb
  • This new study also builds upon a discovery from earlier this year that detected carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide ice on trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) for the first time.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2024
  • For more advanced operations, technologies like computer vision and drones are being adopted by some grocers to detect stockouts and streamline replenishment.
    Devadas Pattathil, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of detect
Verb
  • Yet despite all this, there's still some hope for Bangladesh's democracy because of the emergence of powerful new political actors determined to restore it.
    Michael Kugelman, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The agency would then determine whether to approve their participation in the program.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of determine
Verb
  • Mainland indices did rebalance today, which may have been a factor, though hard to ascertain.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Syria's Assad resigns and leaves the country after stunning rebel blitz, Russia says The luxury vehicles offer a glimpse of Assad's wealth, the full magnitude of which is difficult to ascertain.
    Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of ascertain
Verb
  • Enter Patricia Voto, the designer-cum-bridal-whisperer behind One/Of whose atelier on East 70th Street has quietly become the place for discerning brides.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
  • But a deluge of data can make real health concerns difficult to discern.
    Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of discern
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