Ascertain - meaning and definition. What is Ascertain
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What (who) is Ascertain - definition


Ascertain      
·vt To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to Assure; to Apprise.
II. Ascertain ·vt 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.
III. Ascertain ·vt To make (a thing) certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt, or change; to make sure of; to Fix; to Determine.
ascertain      
(ascertains, ascertaining, ascertained)
If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so. (FORMAL)
Through doing this, the teacher will be able to ascertain the extent to which the child understands what he is reading...
Once they had ascertained that he was not a spy, they agreed to release him...
Take time to ascertain what services your bank is providing, and at what cost.
= establish
VERB: V n, V that, V wh
ascertain      
v. a.
1.
Determine, establish, fix, settle, define, certify, verify, make certain, make sure.
2.
Discover, find out, get at (with precision).
Examples of use of Ascertain
1. Authorities were trying to ascertain when he left the country.
2. "That investigation is to ascertain what happened yesterday.
3. Engineers are inspecting the aircraft to ascertain the damage.
4. The prospects for the complaint were difficult to ascertain.
5. Small focus groups were held to ascertain troop morale.