Synonyms for ascertain
ˌæs ərˈteɪn

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1. determine, find, find out, ascertain(verb)

   establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

   "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"

   Synonyms:
   influence, detect, recover, settle, ensure, square up, find oneself, hear, shape, get, get hold, fix, find, retrieve, get word, square off, rule, notice, regulate, determine, see, find out, get wind, come up, define, specify, line up, assure, control, encounter, happen, watch, receive, feel, incur, mold, observe, get a line, see to it, make up one's mind, witness, decide, catch out, pick up, obtain, bump, limit, set, learn, regain, chance, discover, insure, check

2. see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure(verb)

   be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

   "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product"

   Synonyms:
   guarantee, ensure, project, interpret, verify, look, experience, tick off, visualise, fit, gibe, assure, image, hold, run across, moderate, learn, checker, condition, mark off, run into, discover, escort, stop, examine, pick up, visit, reckon, consider, tally, come across, get a line, hold in, suss out, get wind, check off, check over, take care, match, check up on, control, look into, mark, command, insure, attend, promise, date, realize, go over, train, check, hold back, underwrite, meet, go out, witness, manipulate, fancy, catch, construe, find out, see, discipline, tell, check into, regard, visualize, picture, find, go through, take in, correspond, curb, secure, view, keep in line, arrest, hear, cover, contain, operate, get word, envision, determine, figure, encounter, retard, crack, turn back, reassure, chequer, watch, see to it, break, understand, check out, master, go steady, tick, realise, jibe, agree, delay

3. determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn(verb)

   find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

   "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"

   Synonyms:
   encounter, ensure, take, read, hold in, jibe, look out, look, experience, tick off, visualise, square up, watch, gibe, assure, image, hold, run across, moderate, look on, learn, checker, condition, check out, run into, discover, regulate, escort, keep an eye on, stop, examine, pick up, memorize, visit, hear, chequer, observe, fix, mold, consider, study, con, tally, come across, regard, define, get a line, suss out, instruct, get wind, check off, check over, take care, watch out, match, check up on, control, look into, mark, insure, attend, date, realize, go over, train, check, hold back, specify, interpret, meet, go out, witness, memorise, set, fancy, catch, decide, construe, find out, see, discipline, square off, limit, visualize, picture, find, catch out, go through, take in, correspond, curb, view, influence, project, watch over, fit, arrest, check into, follow, contain, get word, envision, determine, larn, make up one's mind, retard, crack, turn back, go steady, figure, acquire, see to it, break, understand, delay, teach, reckon, shape, settle, tick, realise, agree, mark off

4. ascertain(verb)

   learn or discover with certainty

   Synonyms:
   see, find, watch, find out, check, ensure, insure, assure, control, see to it, determine, learn

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1. ascertain(verb)

   Synonyms:
   discover, establish, determine, learn, work out, find out

2. ascertain(verb)

   To find out definitely; to discover or establish.

   As soon as we ascertain what the situation is, we can plan how to proceed.

   Synonyms:
   determine, find out, work out, establish, learn, discover

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. ascertain

   Of human actions or character, detect is used, almost without exception, in a bad sense; discover may be used in either the good or the bad sense, oftener in the good; he was detected in a fraud; real merit is sure to be discovered. In scientific language, detect is used of delicate indications that appear in course of careful watching; as, a slight fluttering of the pulse could be detected. We discover what has existed but has not been known to us; we invent combinations or arrangements not before in use; Columbus discovered America; Morse invented the electric telegraph. Find is the most general word for every means of coming to know what was not before certainly known. A man finds in the road some stranger's purse, or finds his own which he is searching for. The expert discovers or detects an error in an account; the auditor finds the account to be correct. Compare DISCERN.

   See synonyms for HIDE.

   Synonyms:
   descry, detect, discern, disclose, discover, expose, ferret out, find, find out, invent

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. ascertain

   Synonyms:
   prove, verify, find out, discover, confirm, detect, determine, learn, discern

   Antonyms:
   guess, conjecture, surmise, suppose, presume

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. ascertain(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   determine, establish, fix, settle, define, certify, verify, make certain, make sure

2. ascertain(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   discover, find out, get at

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1. List of paraphrases:

   determine, verify, determining, identify, ensure, check, establish, confirm, assess, verifying, identifying

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How to use ascertain in a sentence?

1. Almas Bobby:

   We are not being issued ID cards showing our genders because authorities want us to undergo a medical examination to ascertain our gender, we have refused to do it. Do they do such tests when men and women apply for ID cards. Then why are we being discriminated against?

2. Alexander Graf Lambsdorff:

   In the meeting with the commander-in-chief, he agreed that our European Union teams would have access to military installations to observe voting there, if there aren't national security considerations that are so serious enough as not to allow that, we will continue to work on the modalities of this, but I'm very happy that we could ascertain this instruction.

3. Clarence House:

   It is not possible to ascertain from whom the Prince caught the virus owing to the high number of engagements he carried out in his public role during recent weeks.

4. Bobi Wine:

   There are allegations -- they are alleging that they were tortured by security forces. There is already a case file open to investigating their allegations of torture, so the allegations of torture has also to be proven by medical examinations. I can not believe what they're saying unless the medical personnel confirm to us that they were indeed tortured. Until the medical team from the government ascertain or confirms to us that they were tortured that's when I can say they were.

5. Tsunekazu Takeda:

   We are setting up an investigative team that includes outside lawyers, we will once again talk with people connected to the bid at the time to ascertain whether or not there was anything illegal in the suspicions that have been raised.

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