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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The army did not specify the reason behind the fire and said the details were being ascertained.
From Reuters
You know they are capable of helping; you first ascertained they weren’t busy; you explained there is no hurry, etc.
From Washington Post
Roscoe said that he quickly ascertained that Dominion’s monetary demand was not the only issue keeping the two apart.
From Washington Post
As the Gertz case helps illustrate, one of the key variables in determining whether defamation occurred is ascertaining the presence or absence of "actual malice."
From Salon
The Fed’s challenge right now is to ascertain how big that drag might be — and how close we already are to achieving the conditions necessary to imminently crush inflation.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
