Dictionary Entry
ascertain
ascertain is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.
- 2transitive verb
To make (a thing) certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt, or change; to make sure of; to fix; to determine.
- 3transitive verb
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.
- 4verb
be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
"He verified that the valves were closed"
"See that the curtains are closed"
- 5verb
learn or discover with certainty
- 6verb
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
"find the product of two numbers"
"The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
- 7verb
find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
"I want to see whether she speaks French"
"See whether it works"
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