ascertain
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51·updated Jun 3, 2026verified
find out or determine something with certainty through investigation
Classifications
Cognitive
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Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Variants
- synonym
- checkfind
- pasttense
- ascertained
- presentparticiple
- ascertaining
- thirdpersonsingular
- ascertains
- pastparticiple
- ascertained
Framework definitions
- §1
- to learn or discover with certainty
- §2
- to establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- §3
- to find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
Outgoing relationships
- verbLevel
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Incoming relationships
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