ascertain
verb (used with object)
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine.
ascertainment
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a word derived from
ascertain.
Example Sentences
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Ultrafast laser spectroscopy allows the ascertainment of dynamics over extremely short time scales, making it a very useful tool in many scientific and industrial applications.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024
Some produce symptoms that are consistently severe, whereas others are variable or mild, but because of ascertainment bias we do not know their true range of health and developmental effects.
From Scientific American ● May 5, 2022
Real certificates of ascertainment all look slightly different because there's no standardized form.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2022
Chinese officials and some outside experts suspected that the initially high percentage of cases linked to the market might have been a statistical fluke known as ascertainment bias.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
Nature had granted him, it was believed, a fraction of the sense of smell, and perhaps a fraction of the sense of taste, but of even this there was no positive ascertainment.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 by Various
