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ascertains

verb , present tense third-person singular of ascertain

Synonyms and Antonyms of ascertains

1 to come to an awareness of

was immediately able to ascertain that the girl was uncomfortable talking about her life at home

Synonyms of ascertains

catches on (to), discovers, finds out, gets on (to), hears, learns, realizes, sees, wises (up)

Words Related to ascertains

hits (on or upon), tumbles (to)

descries, detects, encounters, espies, sees, spots

calculates, dopes (out), figures out, finds, puzzles (out)

discerns, minds, notes, observes, perceives

Phrases Synonymous with ascertains

Near Antonyms of ascertains

misses, overlooks

disregards, ignores

forgets, unlearns

blankets, blots out, cloaks, conceals, covers, curtains, enshrouds, hides, masks, occults, screens, shrouds, veils

2 to come upon after searching, study, or effort

ascertained that their old colonial-era house had once functioned as a tavern

Synonyms of ascertains

descries, detects, determines, digs out, digs up, discovers, dredges (up), ferrets (out), finds, finds out, gets, hits (on or upon), hunts (down or up), learns, locates, noses out, roots (out), routs (out), rummages, runs down, scares up, scouts (up), tracks (down), turns up

Words Related to ascertains

espies, sights, spots

looks for, searches (for or out), seeks

Near Antonyms of ascertains

loses, mislays, misplaces, missets

Antonyms of ascertains

misses, overlooks, passes over

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