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Meaning of 'Ascertain'
Meaning of 'Ascertain' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Ascertain 
[ v. t.]
- To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel
certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise. [ v. t.]- To make (a thing) certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt, or change; to make sure of; to fix; to determine.
- 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.
Meaning of 'Ascertain' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. ascertain [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
Example in sentence:
- find the product of two numbers;
- The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
Meaning (2):
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
Example in sentence:
- control the quality of the product;
- He verified that the valves were closed;
- See that the curtains are closed
Meaning (3):
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
Example in sentence:
- Check whether the train leaves on time;
- find out if he speaks Russian;
- I want to see whether she speaks French;
- See whether it works
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