ascertain
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find out or determine something with certainty through investigation
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Classifications
Cognitive
Analyze82%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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
- §1 · legacy_primary
- find out or determine something with certainty through investigationDR-088 backfill from the verb definition column
Outgoing relationships
- verbLevel
applylexicon:CognitiveLevel
Incoming relationships
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