Ascertain
11ascertain — [[t]æ̱sə(r)te͟ɪn[/t]] ascertains, ascertaining, ascertained VERB If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so. [FORMAL] [V n] Through doing this, the teacher will be able… …
12ascertain — v. 1) (L) she ascertained that fraud had been committed 2) (Q) can you ascertain who he is? * * * [ˌæsə teɪn] (0) can you ascertain who he is? (L) she ascertained that fraud had been committed …
13ascertain — verb (I, T) formal to find out if a fact that you think is true is really true: The police were never able to ascertain the true facts. (+ how/when/why etc): He could not ascertain where the clouds ended and the snow covered rocks began.… …
14ascertain — ascertainable, adj. ascertainably, adv. ascertainer, n. ascertainment, n. /as euhr tayn /, v.t. 1. to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts. 2. Archaic. to make certain, clear, or definitely… …
15ascertain — verb /æsəˈteɪn,æsɚˈteɪn/ To find out; to discover or establish. As soon as we ascertain what the situation is, we can plan how to proceed. Syn: determine, discover, establish, find out …
16ascertain — verb Ascertain is used with these nouns as the object: ↑authenticity, ↑fact …
17ascertain — verb first let s ascertain when it was that you last saw Vince Syn: find out, discover, get to know, work out, make out, fathom, learn, deduce, divine, discern, see, understand, comprehend; establish, determine, verify, confirm; figure out …
18ascertain — [ˌæsəˈteɪn] verb [T] formal to find out something Police are trying to ascertain the facts of the case.[/ex] …
19ascertain — /æsəˈteɪn / (say asuh tayn) verb (t) to find out by trial, examination, or experiment, so as to know as certain; determine. {Middle English ascertain, from Old French ascertener make certain, from a a 5 + certain certain} –ascertainable,… …
20ascertain a position — index locate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
