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Meanings of ascertain in English

Portuguese
encontrar
Spanish
encontrar
Catalan
determinar

Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something.

encontrar
Usage of ascertain in English
1
How long Sweden will continue with this policy is difficult to ascertain.
The Guardian
2
Further surveillance is required to fully ascertain the extent of the problem.
Pubmed
3
Long-term re-evaluation is, however, considered imperative to ascertain and ensure knowledge retention.
Pubmed
4
A sampling scheme was used to ascertain cases in the out-of-hospital setting.
Pubmed
5
We often use throwaway questions to ascertain the veracity of our witness.
Man in the Middle
6
Further studies will be required to ascertain the role of noise type.
Pubmed
7
Credit providers use this score to ascertain an applicant's credit worthiness .
The South African
8
Tamta said they were yet to ascertain who was behind the blast.
Reuters
9
Mr Norrell did not trouble to ascertain Childermass's wishes upon this point.
Jonathan strange and mr norrell
10
Jamásp appointed officers to ascertain the number of killed in the battle.
The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat,...
11
Only principal discharge diagnoses were examined to ascertain cardiovascular events of interest.
Pubmed
12
Objective: To ascertain the independent predictors of ICH in mildly hypertensive subjects.
Pubmed
13
Evidence was being collected to ascertain the commercial value of Hilton's endorsement.
Reuters
14
She added that police were yet to ascertain motives for the killings.
The South African
15
The document includes instructions to help ascertain if an email is fraudulent.
The South African
16
Ready let go the helm to ascertain the position of the ship.
Masterman Ready
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Ascertain through the time
Ascertain across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common