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Antonyms for ascertain
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : as-er-teyn |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæs ərˈteɪn |
Definition of ascertain
Origin :- early 15c., "to inform, to give assurance," from Anglo-French acerteiner, Old French acertener "to assure, certify" (13c.), from a "to" (see ad-) + certain "certain" (see certain). Modern meaning of "find out for sure by experiment or investigation" is first attested 1794. Related: Ascertained; ascertaining.
- verb make sure
- All efforts to ascertain your fate proved utterly fruitless.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- We did not ascertain this last fact, however, for some time.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- There was a thick fog, so that it was impossible to ascertain what advantage had been gained.
- Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
- Is it to ascertain this point that you have done me the honour to visit me?
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- They appraised me in their own minds, I saw, and were curious to ascertain what my full value was.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Mouldings are often the surest guides in helping us to ascertain the date of a building.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- Then it is my business to ascertain, if I can, how it did get out of it.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- Why they were planted in churchyards it is difficult to ascertain.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- I have just looked at myself in the glass to ascertain the fact, and I do not know how to decide.
- Extract from : « Reflections » by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
- Madame Theodore had bent down to ascertain if he still lived.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for ascertain
- catch on
- check
- check out
- check up on
- confirm
- determine
- dig
- discover
- divine
- double-check
- establish
- eye
- eyeball
- find out
- fix
- get down cold
- get down pat
- get hold of
- get it down
- get the hang of
- identify
- learn
- learn the ropes
- look-see
- make certain
- make sure
- peg
- pick up
- pick up on
- read
- see
- settle
- size
- size up
- tell
- verify
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