Ascertain — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæmptədɹˌoʊm/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌasətˈeɪn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌasətˈeɪn/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈæmptədɹˌoʊm/.

Examples

find the product of two numbers
The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
He verified that the valves were closed

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

determine insure control see find out learn check ensure watch see to it assure find

Parts of Speech

verb	establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study “find the product of two numbers”
verb	be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something “He verified that the valves were closed”
verb	find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort “I want to see whether she speaks French”
verb	learn or discover with certainty

Word Forms

determination	noun	the act of making up your mind about something
find	noun	a productive insight
finding	noun	something that is found
ascertainable	adjective	capable of being ascertained or found out
check	noun	additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

ermitteln

nach einer Berechnung, Untersuchung, einem Experiment, einer Umfrage oder einer Studie feststellen

🇫🇷French

vérifier

établir après un calcul, une enquête, une expérience, une enquête ou une étude

🇪🇸Spanish

comprobar

establecer después de un cálculo, investigación, experimento, encuesta o estudio

🇮🇹Italian

accertare

stabilire dopo un calcolo, un'indagine, un esperimento, un sondaggio o uno studio

🇳🇱Dutch

vaststellen

vaststellen na een berekening, onderzoek, experiment, enquête of studie

🇵🇹Portuguese

verificar

estabelecer após um cálculo, investigação, experimento, pesquisa ou estudo

🇷🇺Russian

констатировать

установить после расчета, исследования, эксперимента, опроса или изучения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पता लगाना

गणना, जांच, प्रयोग, सर्वेक्षण या अध्ययन के बाद स्थापित करें

🇧🇩Bengali

নিশ্চিত করা

একটি গণনা, তদন্ত, পরীক্ষা, জরিপ, বা অধ্যয়নের পরে প্রতিষ্ঠিত করুন

🇮🇳Tamil

உறுதி

ஒரு கணக்கீடு, விசாரணை, பரிசோதனை, ஆய்வு அல்லது ஆய்வுக்குப் பிறகு நிறுவவும்

🇮🇳Telugu

నిర్ధారించండి

గణన, పరిశోధన, ప్రయోగం, సర్వే లేదా అధ్యయనం తర్వాత స్థాపించండి

🇮🇳Marathi

तपासणे

गणना, तपासणी, प्रयोग, सर्वेक्षण किंवा अभ्यासानंतर स्थापित करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખાતરી કરવી

ગણતરી, તપાસ, પ્રયોગ, સર્વેક્ષણ અથવા અભ્યાસ પછી સ્થાપિત કરો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಖಚಿತಪಡಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾರೆ

ಲೆಕ್ಕಾಚಾರ, ತನಿಖೆ, ಪ್ರಯೋಗ, ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆ ಅಥವಾ ಅಧ್ಯಯನದ ನಂತರ ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഉറപ്പാക്കുക

ഒരു കണക്കുകൂട്ടൽ, അന്വേഷണം, പരീക്ഷണം, സർവേ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പഠനം എന്നിവയ്ക്ക് ശേഷം സ്ഥാപിക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਤਾ ਲਗਾਉਣਾ

ਇੱਕ ਗਣਨਾ, ਪੜਤਾਲ, ਪ੍ਰਯੋਗ, ਸਰਵੇਖਣ, ਜਾਂ ਅਧਿਐਨ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਸਥਾਪਿਤ ਕਰੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

معلوم کرنا

ایک حساب، تحقیقات، تجربہ، سروے، یا مطالعہ کے بعد قائم کریں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

探明

经过计算、调查、实验、调查或研究后确定

🇯🇵Japanese

確かめる

計算、調査、実験、調査、研究の後に確立する

🇰🇷Korean

명백히 하다

계산, 조사, 실험, 조사 또는 연구 후에 설정

🇻🇳Vietnamese

xác định

thiết lập sau khi tính toán, điều tra, thử nghiệm, khảo sát hoặc nghiên cứu

🇹🇭Thai

ตรวจสอบ

สร้างขึ้นหลังจากการคำนวณ การสอบสวน การทดลอง การสำรวจ หรือการศึกษา

🇮🇩Indonesian

memastikan

ditetapkan setelah perhitungan, penyelidikan, percobaan, survei, atau studi

🇵🇭Filipino

tiyakin

magtatag pagkatapos ng kalkulasyon, pagsisiyasat, eksperimento, survey, o pag-aaral

🇲🇾Malay

memastikan

ditubuhkan selepas pengiraan, penyiasatan, eksperimen, tinjauan, atau kajian

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تأكد

تنشأ بعد حساب أو تحقيق أو تجربة أو مسح أو دراسة

🇮🇷Persian

مشخص کردن

پس از یک محاسبه، تحقیق، آزمایش، بررسی یا مطالعه ایجاد کنید

🇹🇷Turkish

tespit etmek

bir hesaplama, araştırma, deney, anket veya çalışma sonrasında kurmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְוַדֵא

להקים לאחר חישוב, חקירה, ניסוי, סקר או מחקר

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The primary meaning of 'ascertain' is 'establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study'.

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