Korean word

찾아내다

Pronunciation

Romanizationchajanaeda

Meaning

  • verbfind

Example

경찰은 증거를 찾아냈다.kyeong cha reun cheung geo reul cha ja naet tta

The police found the evidence.

Illustration for 찾아내다 (find)

More examples

연구진이 문제의 원인을 찾아냈다.yeon gu ji ni mun je ui wo ni neul cha ja naet tta

The research team found the cause of the problem.

Core concept

An investigation reaches the point where a hidden fact, object, or clue is uncovered.

Common phrases

  • 증거를 찾아내다cheung geo reul cha ja nae da

    find the evidence

  • 범인을 찾아내다peo mi neul cha ja nae da

    find the culprit

Similar words

찾다chattta: To search actively for a needed person, thing, place, or answer.
찾아보다chajaboda: To search a place or source in order to locate or check something needed.
알아내다aranaeda: To reveal a hidden fact or cause by investigating evidence and clues.
발견하다palgyeonhada: To discover and confirm something previously unknown, whether by chance or by searching.

Definition in Korean

숨겨진 대상이나 증거, 원인 따위를 조사하거나 살펴서 결국 발견하거나 드러내는 행동이나 상태sum gyeo jin tae sang i na cheung geo wo nin tta wi reul cho sa ha geo na sal pyeo seo kyeol guk pal gyeon ha geo na teu reo nae neun haeng dong i na sang tae

Word origin

The word is formed from the Korean verb for seek or find and a verb meaning make or bring out, so its meaning developed toward finding something through effort.

Usage tips

  • In news and formal reports, this word often signals that careful work produced an answer rather than that something was noticed by chance.

Other meanings

  • discoververb
  • track downverb

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