Ascertain
verb
To find out something for sure.
The police is trying to ascertain the truth about the incident.
Often appears as...
- ascertain the truth
- ascertain the cause
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To make certain of something.
You should ascertain that the information is correct before sharing it.
Often appears as...
- ascertain the authenticity
- ascertain the accuracy
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To find out something for sure.
The police is trying to ascertain the truth about the incident.
Often appears as...
- ascertain the truth
- ascertain the cause
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To make certain of something.
You should ascertain that the information is correct before sharing it.
Often appears as...
- ascertain the authenticity
- ascertain the accuracy
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Investigative Context
Used when exploring or investigating an issue or fact, like a detective seeking answers.
The researcher will ascertain if the data supports the hypothesis.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Tone
Conveys no emotion; it's used for stating facts or findings objectively.
The audit will ascertain the company's financial health.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Expression
Appropriate for formal writing or speaking, not casual conversations.
We must ascertain the event's success through participant feedback.
Pro Tip 1/3Investigative Context
Used when exploring or investigating an issue or fact, like a detective seeking answers.
The researcher will ascertain if the data supports the hypothesis.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Tone
Conveys no emotion; it's used for stating facts or findings objectively.
The audit will ascertain the company's financial health.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Expression
Appropriate for formal writing or speaking, not casual conversations.
We must ascertain the event's success through participant feedback.
Pro Tip 1/3Investigative Context
Used when exploring or investigating an issue or fact, like a detective seeking answers.
The researcher will ascertain if the data supports the hypothesis.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Tone
Conveys no emotion; it's used for stating facts or findings objectively.
The audit will ascertain the company's financial health.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Expression
Appropriate for formal writing or speaking, not casual conversations.
We must ascertain the event's success through participant feedback.
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Vinay Venkatraman:...
extra components that can be shipped for very little cost across the world, and that's what is all required with a little bit of local tinkering talent to convert the device into something else. So we are right now doing some systematic field tests to basically ascertain whether something like this actually
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Emma Teeling: The secret...
So therefore, if we were to do this, what we'd need to do is sequence that region in all these different mammals and ascertain if it's the same or if it's different. So if it is the same, this indicates that that site is important for a function, so a disease mutation should fall within that site.
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Barry Schwartz: Our loss...
So he brought it back. And the kid was drinking it, and a security guard spotted it, and called the police, who called an ambulance that rushed to the ballpark, whisked the kid to the hospital. The emergency room ascertained that the kid had no alcohol in his blood.
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Johanna Blakley: Social...
is going to be very data-driven, and it's going to be based on the information that we ascertain from taste communities online, where women are really driving the action. So you may be asking, well why is it important that I know what entertains people?
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Shadows of Forgotten...
you're making the first approach to a newly discovered planet. You've used various techniques to ascertain that this world supports an astonishing variety of lifeforms. You want to make contact, but not with their version of a scorpion,
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The secret of the bat...
species taxa so therefore if we were to do this want me to do with sequence that region in all these different mammals and ascertain if it's the same or if it's different so if it is the same this indicates that that site is important
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Police Horse Training PIPE...
they can find on a few occasions they find one that horse will then be put through a rigorous month-long physical and mental assessment to ascertain if they do indeed have the right stuff one of the things we look for when we
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Scott McCloud:...
in my dad's big easy chair, you know? So, three types of vision, right? Vision based on what one cannot see, the vision of that unseen and unknowable. The vision of that which has already been proven or can be ascertained.
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Our loss of wisdom -...
kid to the hospital the emergency room to ascertain that the kid had no alcohol in his blood and they were ready to let the kid go but not so fast the Wayne County Child Welfare protective agency said
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Can a Horse Really Be...
more than good training to help ascertain if this is the case dr. Debbie Marsden has devised a test to measure
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Vinay Venkatraman:...
extra components that can be shipped for very little cost across the world, and that's what is all required with a little bit of local tinkering talent to convert the device into something else. So we are right now doing some systematic field tests to basically ascertain whether something like this actually
Video examples
Emma Teeling: The secret...
So therefore, if we were to do this, what we'd need to do is sequence that region in all these different mammals and ascertain if it's the same or if it's different. So if it is the same, this indicates that that site is important for a function, so a disease mutation should fall within that site.
Video examples
Barry Schwartz: Our loss...
So he brought it back. And the kid was drinking it, and a security guard spotted it, and called the police, who called an ambulance that rushed to the ballpark, whisked the kid to the hospital. The emergency room ascertained that the kid had no alcohol in his blood.
Video examples
Johanna Blakley: Social...
is going to be very data-driven, and it's going to be based on the information that we ascertain from taste communities online, where women are really driving the action. So you may be asking, well why is it important that I know what entertains people?
Video examples
Shadows of Forgotten...
you're making the first approach to a newly discovered planet. You've used various techniques to ascertain that this world supports an astonishing variety of lifeforms. You want to make contact, but not with their version of a scorpion,
Video examples
The secret of the bat...
species taxa so therefore if we were to do this want me to do with sequence that region in all these different mammals and ascertain if it's the same or if it's different so if it is the same this indicates that that site is important
Video examples
Police Horse Training PIPE...
they can find on a few occasions they find one that horse will then be put through a rigorous month-long physical and mental assessment to ascertain if they do indeed have the right stuff one of the things we look for when we
Video examples
Scott McCloud:...
in my dad's big easy chair, you know? So, three types of vision, right? Vision based on what one cannot see, the vision of that unseen and unknowable. The vision of that which has already been proven or can be ascertained.
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Our loss of wisdom -...
kid to the hospital the emergency room to ascertain that the kid had no alcohol in his blood and they were ready to let the kid go but not so fast the Wayne County Child Welfare protective agency said
Video examples
Can a Horse Really Be...
more than good training to help ascertain if this is the case dr. Debbie Marsden has devised a test to measure
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Sebastian Horsley
British Artist
My theory is that the way you cope with the depths will ascertain the heights that you reach - they are intimately connected - and if you have a lust for life, you are also going to have a lust for death.
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Fritz Zwicky
Swiss Scientist
I soon became convinced... that all the theorizing would be empty brain exercise and therefore a waste of time unless one first ascertained what the population of the universe really consists of.
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Walter Cronkite
American Journalist
Court proceedings, except for certain limited situations, are open to the public. This is for the protection of the accused, to be certain to ascertain that there is a fair trial.
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George Muller
English Clergyman
How important it is to ascertain the will of God, before we undertake anything, because we are then not only blessed in our own souls, but also the work of our hands will prosper.
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Benedict Samuel
Australian Actor
When you have quick scenes, it becomes difficult to ascertain where your character fits and where they're going. I always enjoy scenes that have a movement to them.
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James Madison
American President
Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.
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Frances Wright
Scottish Writer
Instead of establishing facts, we have to overthrow errors; instead of ascertaining what is, we have to chase from our imaginations what is not.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts.
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Adam Clarke
British Theologian
Whether the family of the Clarkes were of Norman extraction cannot be easily ascertained.
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Sebastian Horsley
British Artist
My theory is that the way you cope with the depths will ascertain the heights that you reach - they are intimately connected - and if you have a lust for life, you are also going to have a lust for death.
Quote examples
Fritz Zwicky
Swiss Scientist
I soon became convinced... that all the theorizing would be empty brain exercise and therefore a waste of time unless one first ascertained what the population of the universe really consists of.
Quote examples
Walter Cronkite
American Journalist
Court proceedings, except for certain limited situations, are open to the public. This is for the protection of the accused, to be certain to ascertain that there is a fair trial.
Quote examples
George Muller
English Clergyman
How important it is to ascertain the will of God, before we undertake anything, because we are then not only blessed in our own souls, but also the work of our hands will prosper.
Quote examples
Benedict Samuel
Australian Actor
When you have quick scenes, it becomes difficult to ascertain where your character fits and where they're going. I always enjoy scenes that have a movement to them.
Quote examples
James Madison
American President
Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.
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Frances Wright
Scottish Writer
Instead of establishing facts, we have to overthrow errors; instead of ascertaining what is, we have to chase from our imaginations what is not.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts.
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Adam Clarke
British Theologian
Whether the family of the Clarkes were of Norman extraction cannot be easily ascertained.
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