We will first ascertain the cause of the disaster.
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Ascertain
//ˌæsəˈteɪn//
Synonyms for "ascertain" (110 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (55)
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More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Synonyms
2 entriesderived
8 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
74 translations across 30 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تَثَبَّتَ verb (find out; discover or establish)
- تَيَقَّنَ verb (find out; discover or establish)
Armenian
4 entries- համոզվել verb (find out; discover or establish)
- հաստատել verb (find out; discover or establish)
- հավաստիանալ verb (find out; discover or establish)
- պարզել verb (find out; discover or establish)
Bulgarian
2 entries- убеждавам се verb (find out; discover or establish)
- установявам verb (find out; discover or establish)
Catalan
2 entries- determinar verb (find out; discover or establish)
- establir verb (find out; discover or establish)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᎦᏛᏗᏱ verb (find out; discover or establish)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 查明 verb (find out; discover or establish)
Czech
1 entries- zjistit verb (find out; discover or establish)
Danish
1 entries- konstatere verb (find out; discover or establish)
Dutch
3 entries- constateren verb (find out; discover or establish)
- vaststellen verb (find out; discover or establish)
- vergewissen verb (find out; discover or establish)
Esperanto
1 entries- konstati verb (find out; discover or establish)
Finnish
3 entries- saada selville verb (find out; discover or establish)
- selvittää verb (find out; discover or establish)
- varmistaa verb (find out; discover or establish)
French
2 entries- constater verb (find out; discover or establish)
- définir verb (find out; discover or establish)
German
1 entries- feststellen verb (find out; discover or establish)
Greek
1 entries- διαπιστώνω verb (find out; discover or establish)
Hebrew
1 entries- וידא verb (find out; discover or establish)
Hungarian
4 entries- kiderít verb (find out; discover or establish)
- megbizonyosodik verb (find out; discover or establish)
- meggyőződik verb (find out; discover or establish)
- megtud verb (find out; discover or establish)
Icelandic
4 entries- fá fullvissu um verb (find out; discover or establish)
- ganga úr skugga um verb (find out; discover or establish)
- komast að verb (find out; discover or establish)
- komast eftir verb (find out; discover or establish)
Italian
4 entries- accertare verb (find out; discover or establish)
- appurare verb (find out; discover or establish)
- constatare verb (find out; discover or establish)
- riscontrare verb (find out; discover or establish)
Japanese
1 entries- 確かめる verb (find out; discover or establish)
Korean
1 entries- 명백히하다 verb (find out; discover or establish)
Latin
2 entries- comperiō verb (find out; discover or establish)
- scīscō verb (find out; discover or establish)
Macedonian
3 entries- востановува verb (find out; discover or establish)
- установува verb (find out; discover or establish)
- утврдува verb (find out; discover or establish)
Māori
1 entries- rapu verb (find out; discover or establish)
Norwegian
1 entries- fastslå verb (find out; discover or establish)
Polish
2 entries- ustalać verb (find out; discover or establish)
- ustalić verb (find out; discover or establish)
Portuguese
4 entries- apurar verb (find out; discover or establish)
- averiguar verb (find out; discover or establish)
- constatar verb (find out; discover or establish)
- determinar verb (find out; discover or establish)
Russian
4 entries- убеди́ться verb (find out; discover or establish)
- убежда́ться verb (find out; discover or establish)
- удостове́риться verb (find out; discover or establish)
- удостоверя́ться verb (find out; discover or establish)
Spanish
2 entries- acertar verb (find out; discover or establish)
- averiguar verb (find out; discover or establish)
Swedish
3 entries- fastställa verb (find out; discover or establish)
- förvissa sig om verb (find out; discover or establish)
- ta reda på verb (find out; discover or establish)
Ukrainian
4 entries- встано́влювати verb (find out; discover or establish)
- встанови́ти verb (find out; discover or establish)
- з'ясо́вувати verb (find out; discover or establish)
- з'ясува́ти verb (find out; discover or establish)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
As I heard the story secondhand, I can't ascertain the truth of it.
Source: tatoeba (56450)
It is difficult to ascertain what really happened.
Source: tatoeba (61427)
I am going to ascertain the truth of the matter.
Source: tatoeba (258093)
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