Ascertain

[,æsə'teɪn] or ['æsɚ'ten]

Definition

(verb.) learn or discover with certainty.

Checked by Enrique--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

(v. t.) To make (a thing) certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt, or change; to make sure of; to fix; to determine.

(v. t.) To find out or learn for a certainty, by trial, examination, or experiment; to get to know; as, to ascertain the weight of a commodity, or the purity of a metal.

Edited by Andrea

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Determine, establish, fix, settle, define, certify, verify, make certain, make sure.[2]. Discover, find out, get at.

Editor: Patrick

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Prove, verify, find_out, discover, confirm, detect, determine, learn, discern

ANT:Guess, conjecture, surmise, suppose, presume

Editor: Susanna

Definition

v.t. to determine: to obtain certain knowledge of: (rare) to insure certify make certain.—adj. Ascertain′able.—n. Ascertain′ment.

Checker: Vivian

Examples

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