ascertain
Usage
What are other ways to say ascertain?
To ascertain is to verify facts by inquiry or analysis: to ascertain the truth about an event. To learn is to add to one's knowledge or information: to learn a language. The verb discover is used with objective clauses as a synonym of learn in order to suggest that the new information acquired is surprising to the learner: I discovered that she had been married before. To detect implies becoming aware of something that had been obscure, secret, or concealed: to detect a flaw in reasoning.
Example Sentences
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"We are working to ascertain the circumstances and are keen to speak to anyone who believes they can help," he said.
From BBC
Russian legal experts say the true scale of the problem is hard to ascertain.
Mr Lawson said the pioneering work had even ascertained where the people, who were buried between the 12th Century and 1560, were born.
From BBC
Fire service officials have not ascertained which of the two buildings caught fire first.
From BBC
The team ascertain that she isn't street homeless, take her details, offer her a voucher and move on.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
